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Kohli should open the Innings for RCB

Royal Challengers Bangalore- Brendon McCullum

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The 36-year-old, who only plays in franchise T20 cricket now, achieved the feat during Royal Challengers Bangalore's (RCB) four-wicket defeat at the hands of Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) in the Indian Premier League (IPL) clash at the Eden Gardens on Sunday. (Photo: PTI)
McCullum can be a great finisher for RCB

Royal Challengers Bangalore is a team which is synonymous with big-hitting batsmen in the team. The team has always had a plethora of batsmen and sometimes the team is spoilt for choices and end up using batsmen at inappropriate batting positions.

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Shane Watson experienced this problem when he was at Bangalore. McCullum has got to play in his favorite position as Kohli has dropped himself down the order to accommodate McCullum but McCullum seems to be struggling with his game at the top.

The Kiwi keeper is comfortable against pace bowling but has been struggling in tackling the spinners. Opposition teams are deploying spinners early in the attack to get him out cheaply. It would serve the team well if Kohli promotes himself to open the batting and use McCullum as the team's finisher.

Kohli can solve multiple problems by using McCullum as the finisher. He gives himself more overs to control the game and this move would also help the team as Sarfraz Khan has been unable to play the role of a finisher and the team has been struggling without a finisher.

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Edited by Amar Anand
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