5 players who could replace AB de Villiers in RCB's playing XI against Gujarat Lions

#1 Chris Gayle

The self-christened ‘World Boss’ is a pale shadow of his former self. Once the undisputed king of T20s, Gayle is finding himself difficult to wade through troubled form, hardly finding the rhythm to get going. The reasons for that might range from his age and fitness to lack of match practice, but the RCB is clearly hurting from the lack of runs next to his name.

He didn’t play RCB’s last game against the Rising Pune Supergiants, but could be back because of AB de Villiers’ injury: the Bangalore team needs an experienced hand at the top to arrest the slide that they are currently going through. If Gayle can reproduce even half the form he was in a few seasons ago, RCB might just get enough fuel to reboot their campaign.