IPL 2017: 5 things that went wrong for Royal Challengers Bangalore this season

#1 Absence of a leader in the bowling attack

Just a day before the IPL auction, the Royal Challengers Bangalore received a big blow as their star bowler Mitchell Starc pulled out of the IPL to concentrate on the 2017 Champions Trophy. This left the team without a leader in their bowling attack.

They were left with Sreenath Arvind, Shane Watson and Yuzvendra Chahal in the bowling department.

At the auction, they splashed over 12 crores INR to sign England’s T20 specialist Tymal Mills and also signed Rajasthan’s Aniket Chaudhary and Pawan Negi. Mills showed some promise earlier in the tournament before he became a liability for the team management.

Adding to that, he was forced to miss few matches due to injury. In his absence, RCB tried Adam Milne and the Kiwi did a decent job before he was dropped to accommodate Samuel Badree.

With Watson undergoing a pale patch and Mills not living up to the expectations, Virat Kohli was missing someone who can lead his team’s bowling attack. Once again, it was Chahal, who has been RCB’s saviour with the ball along with his spin twins, Negi and Badree, who bowled well in patches.