IPL 2019: Players who may miss matches due to international duty 

#3 Royal Challengers Bangalore

ABD is all set to return to his second home - Bangalore

There are four overseas players who will be available for the entire season of IPL 2019. AB de Villiers, who has retired from international cricket, is a sure shot option. Apart from him, Colin de Grandhomme, Tim Southee and Shimron Hetmeyer will play the full season of IPL 2019.

In all the likelihood, Heinrich Klassen, who is not in the reckoning of South Africa World Cup squad will be available for RCB. That makes it 5 overseas players out of 8.

The issue will crop up in the case of Nathan Coulter-Nile and Marcus Stoinis, both of whom will be expected to return back by May 1 for International duty. Both of them will also not be available for the first 10 days of IPL 2019. Moeen Ali is the other player who is expected to return back by April 25 for England duty.

To sum up, RCB will have to survive a major phase of IPL 2019 without 3 key players. Even though there is bench strength, they will miss the services of Moeen Ali and Marcus Stoinis in that period.