IPL 2019: The perfect playing XI for RCB

Bowlers (Yuzvendra Chahal, Siraj, Tim Southee, Nathan Coulter-Nile)

Tim Southee

RCB’s bowling has been their weakest point over the past few seasons. But this year, their bowling has somehow gotten worse. Royal Challengers Bangalore have shown a lot of faith in their Indian bowlers, but this has worked against them.

Even their experienced pacer Umesh Yadav has been in poor form. Yuzvendra Chahal has been their only standout bowler by a fair margin, but he has had below par bowling partners. Therefore, it would make much more sense for RCB to fill their remaining two overseas slots with bowlers.

They have two experienced death bowlers: Nathan Coulter-Nile and Tim Southee. Both of them have been in good form for their respective national sides this past year. Southee has picked up 8 wickets in 4 ODIs this year including a stellar 6 wicket haul against Bangladesh.

Coulter-Nile, on the other hand, was one of the star performers during Australia's clash against Pakistan. He picked 7 wickets in just 3 ODI matches. He was also consistent during Australia's tour of India picking up 10 wickets from 5 games

Though Southee has been expensive in his two games so far, it shouldn't take anything away from what he can bring to the table. Remember, those two matches were played at Bangalore where the ground is known to be a batsman's paradise. RCB should still rely on Southee to deliver standout performances during the crunch situations.

They could form a deadly duo and could stop the flow of runs in the death overs. They can also help scalp a couple of useful wickets at the start of the innings.

Unlike Southee, Coulter-Nile may not be available for the entire season. So, RCB should make the best use of him while they still can.

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