4 reasons why Royal Challengers Bangalore have been poor so far

#1 Tactical blunders

In a tournament like the IPL, no tactical blunder goes unpunished and RCB have committed far too many of them so far

T20 cricket is a format of the game where success depends a lot on the tactical acumen of a team’s leadership and management. On top of that, the tactical changes need to be implemented fairly quickly due to the frenetic nature of the game but in case of RCB, it has been missing. In only four games, plenty of tactical blunders have already come to the fore.

Some of them have in fact been basic. For instance, in the game against Rajasthan Royals, RCB included Pawan Negi in the side but the left-arm spinner bowled only one over despite the fact that the fast bowlers were being taken to the cleaners. Negi is well known for varying his pace and bowling in the blockhole but RCB decided to stick to the fast bowlers.

In the very first game, opening the bowling with spin killed off the match early against KKR as Sunil Narine took Chahal to the cleaners. In a tournament like the IPL, no tactical blunder goes unpunished and RCB have committed far too many of them so far.