IPL 2018: Royal Challengers Bangalore SWOT analysis

Threats

Both Mandeep Singh and Manan Vohra are part of RCB

RCB's two best batsmen – Virat Kohli and AB de Villiers – play in the top order. Hence, if they are dismissed early, they are not left with much ammunition down the order. While RCB have batsmen like Mandeep Singh, Manan Vohra and Colin de Grandhomme who can use the long handle to good effect and have done that in the past, they are relatively inexperienced and can’t be counted on to deliver consistently.

In addition, the Chinnaswamy is one of the smallest grounds in the country. It would be an extremely tough task for the RCB bowlers to contain the opposition on a flat pitch with such short boundaries.