IPL 2019: 3 squads that look the weakest on paper

#2 Royal Challengers Bangalore

Royal Challengers Bangalore

'Underdogs' is not usually the word one would associate with the Royal Challengers Bangalore. However, this time around, the men in the red and black go into the IPL as one of the weakest teams on the paper, uncharacteristically.

Among RCB's prominent buys at the auction were Shimron Hetmyer, Heinrich Klassen and Shivam Dubey. However, this team lacks the depth in Indian batting very badly as there is not a single experienced Indian batsman barring Virat Kohli. Hence, the RCB lack the most important ingredient required to win the IPL title, i.e., Indian batting.

While the spin-bowling department looks decent, the real concern for the RCB is how well their seamers can fare, especially after taking a beating last season. The fast-bowling has remained RCB's weakness every season and this time too they have not worked on it.

Check out their full squad here.