IPL 2017, RCB vs GL: 5 things that went wrong for Royal Challengers Bangalore

#4 Middle-order exposed

Kedar Jadhav and Pawan Negi could not stay on the field for long

After losing Gayle and Kohli early, RCB expected their middle-order to fire for them. However, Travis Head was bowled in the very next delivery after Chris Gayle’s departure. Kedar Jadhav began well and hit a couple of early boundaries but he could not capitalise on his good start as he made a poor decision by going for a late cut on a straight ball from Ravindra Jadeja which crashed into his middle and leg stump.

AB de Villiers did not look in good form and he was later run out in the 10^th over. Pawan Negi showed some aggressive intent but could not carry the team much further when he needed to do it the most and was dismissed for 32 in the 14^th over. Mandeep Singh had another rough night as he scored only 8.

Given the fact that RCB are struggling in their bowling, the middle-order batsmen will have to fire during the latter part of the innings if RCB are to reach to a competitive total.