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Royal Challengers Bangalore

Virat Kohli will look to end his and RCB's IPL trophy drought this season

Squad

Virat Kohli, AB de Villiers, Brendon McCullum, Tim Southee, Chris Woakes, Parthiv Patel, Umesh Yadav, Quinton de Kock, Manan Vohra, Moeen Ali, Sarfaraz Khan, Kulwant Khejroliya, Mandeep Singh, Aniruddha Joshi, Pavan Deshpande, Yuzvendra Chahal, Aniket Choudhary, Murugan Ashwin, Pawan Negi, Colin de Grandhomme, Navdeep Saini, Washington Sundar, Mohammed Siraj

Best XI

Virat Kohli, Quinton de Kock, AB de Villiers, Manan Vohra, Moeen Ali, Sarfaraz Khan, Chris Woakes, Washington Sundar, Yuzvendra Chahal, Umesh Yadav, Mohammed Siraj

Strengths

RCB really pack a punch at the top of the order. Most teams will be envious of the firepower that Kohli, de Kock, and ABD bring to the table. Those three are capable of winning any game on their own. In addition to this, the two English all-rounders Moeen Ali and Chris Woakes along with Washington Sundar make RCB's batting really deep that would come in handy for chasing down big totals in Bengaluru. Then there is the wrist spin of Chahal which has proven to be a tough nut to crack for the opposition.

Weaknesses

The batting quality really takes a dip once you beyond ABD and into the middle order. If the opposition picks up early wickets then RCB could struggle. Additionally, Umesh Yadav and M Siraj don't really have the greatest record in the shortest version of the game and could prove expensive, especially in Bengaluru where the ground is not exactly the biggest in the world.

Prediction: Potential knockout place, but barring some exceptional magic from someone, that is where their journey in this years IPL will end.