IPL 2019: 5 players who can open the innings for RCB

#2 Parthiv Patel

Parthiv has years of experience behind him

Perhaps the only established opener in the Royal Challengers Bangalore squad in IPL 2019 is Parthiv Patel. Parthiv is among the few players who have played every season of the IPL thus far.

He has played for as many as 6 different franchises and has years of experience of playing in the IPL. Parthiv was part of RCB's squad last year too, but with the likes of Quinton de Kock and Brendon McCullum in the side, he got just 6 games in which he performed decently scoring 153 runs at an average of 30.60.

With Heinrich Klaasen being the only other wicket-keeper in the squad, Parthiv is set to be the regular wicket-keeper of the team. The southpaw, who has 125 IPL games under his belt, is not afraid of going after the fast bowlers and can play attacking cricket at the top order.