“Never Had A Team As Strong As Mumbai Indians”: Ex-Star On Royal Challengers Bangalore’s Winless Indian Premier League Streak | Cricket News

New season, similar optimism. Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) will look to go all the way in which this time round when the brand new season of the Indian Premier League (IPL) kicks off. The event is anticipated to start within the last week of March, following the conclusion of the Women’s Premier League (WPL). Over the previous two seasons, solely a handful to groups have didn’t win the IPL title, with RCB being certainly one of them. RCB have performed three finals beneath completely different captains (Anil Kumble in 2009, Daniel Vettori in 2011 and Virat Kohli in 2016) however an IPL title has eluded the franchise.

In 2009, Deccan Chargers (now defunct) defeated RCB within the last in South Africa. A pair years later, Chennai Super Kings made it again to again IPL wins after beating Vettori’s RCB.

RCB’s final last look got here again in 2016 once they misplaced to SunRisers Hyderabad (SRH) within the last, regardless of Virat Kohli ending the season with a document 973 runs, essentially the most in a single season until date.

On the franchise’s winless streak in IPL, former RCB and New Zealand all-rounder Colin de Grandhomme has given the explanation behind the identical.

De Grandhomme, who performed for RCB in 2018 and 2019, feels RCB have by no means had a crew as sturdy as Mumbai Indians, who’ve received a joint-record 5 titles.

He additional defined that RCB has at all times been a crew reliant on a few people.

“RCB have never had a team as strong as Mumbai Indians where the all-round composition of the team has been excellent. RCB have a very good side, but over-dependence on two, or three players has never worked their way, which is why they have never stood out as a well-balanced side,” stated De Grandhomme in an unique interview to Times of India.

RCB have made some additions to their squad for the upcoming season.

Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) IPL 2024 squad: Faf du Plessis, Glenn Maxwell, Virat Kohli, Rajat Patidar, Anuj Rawat, Dinesh Karthik, Suyash Prabhudessai, Will Jacks, Mahipal Lomror, Karn Sharma, Manoj Bhandage, Vyshak Vijaykumar, Akash Deep, Mohammed Siraj, Reece Topley, Himanshu Sharma, Rajan Kumar, Mayank Dagar (traded from SRH), Cameron Green (traded from MI), Alzarri Joseph, Yash Dayal, Tom Curran, Lockie Ferguson, Swapnil Singh, Saurav Chuahan.