4 reasons why Royal Challengers Bangalore have been poor so far

#2 Quinton de Kock hasn't provided them with swift starts

His run of scores so far reads 4,45,26 and 19

When RCB let go of Chris Gayle and replaced him with South African wicketkeeper-batsman Quinton de Kock, it looked like an extremely shrewd move. First of all, he is a dual skill player and secondly, he can be an extremely damaging player for the opposition in his capacity as an opening batsman.

However, things have not turned out as many expected. The runs that a team ultimately end up making depend a lot on the start given by the openers and in that regard, RCB's opening batsmen have been quite poor so far.

A large part of that problem lies with the poor form of De Kock and his inability to provide the team with the starts that could give them the platform to make the big scores. His run of scores so far reads 4,45,26 and 19.

In the last two games, in which RCB were chasing 200 plus scores, the left-hander could not give the starts that could make the job a bit easier for the other batsmen. His poor form is another huge factor in RCB's batting not yet clicking as a unit yet.