IPL 2019: Four reasons behind another disappointing season for RCB

#2 Not playing an overseas fast bowler in the starting XI

Steyn made a massive impact in the matches he played

Overseas stars have always been the impact players in every IPL team. To be even more precise, every title-winning team had a foreign fast bowler spearheading the attack and picking a handful of wickets.

The list consists of Sohail Tanvir in 2008, Ryan Harris in 2009, Doug Bollinger in 2010 and 2011, Brett Lee in 2012, Lasith Malinga in 2013, Morne Morkel in 2014, Mitchell McClenaghan in 2015, Mustafizur Rahman in 2016, Mitchell Johnson in 2017, and Lungisani Ngidi in 2018.

Despite this being a well-documented fact, RCB was reluctant to play an overseas pacer in the starting XI. Kohli's men were at the bottom of the points table at the mid-way mark in 2018. It was Tim Southee who resurrected their journey with some match-defining spells. In fact, in the matches that RCB had won, either Southee or Chris Woakes played a decisive part.

Although they had experienced this, Southee was brought into the team after losing the first four games in 2019. RCB managed to notch up a few wins after Dale Steyn was roped into the team.

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