IPL 2018: Royal Challengers Bangalore squad analysis

Modified Mar 19, 2018 13:55 IST

Enter captionRCB will try to break the jinx this time around and finally win the title — RCB will try to break the jinx this time around and finally win the IPL title

Bowling

Washington Sundar and Yuzvendra Chahal lead the spin attack of RCB

The RCB bowling seems to have the depth on paper. Australia’s Nathan Coulter- Nile will lead the bowling attack of the team. Coulter Nile did a good job for the KKR last season and will be looking to do a similar job for RCB this season.

Tim Southee, Umesh Yadav, and Mohammad Siraj will assist Coulter Nile in the pace department. Siraj will have to live up to the expectations, especially after his outings for the national team haven’t been that impressive, and he has been taken to the cleaners (3 T20I matches, 3 wickets at an economy of over 12).

Chahal will lead the spinners along with the find of the Nidahas trophy - Washington Sundar (6 T20I matches- 9 wickets at 5.66 runs per over), who has been absolutely magnificent. Pawan Negi and Moeen Ali are the other spinning options in the side.

The Royal Challengers Bangalore look a formidable unit and are capable of giving the opponents a run for their money on any given day.

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