Royal challengers Bangalore has been in the IPL since its beginning ,in the year 2008 but is yet to win a IPL trophy. Captained by the Indian captain Virat Kohli since past few years has an abysmal performance since IPL 2016 . Have being released as many as 12 players in this retention window has to do a serious shopping in the upcoming IPL auction under the new coaching staff headed by Mike Hesson. here are some players they must target to strengthen their squad to bid a strong case to win the next years IPL
1. MITCHELL STARC
Starc has been associated with the franchise previously in two season where he scalped 34 wickets at an average of 20.38 and has been super economical giving away runs at 7.17 runs per over . He has got everything that a perfect T20 bowler requires ,extreme pace , lethal yorkers and deadly bouncers. He can bowl up front and the death too and can solve the biggest problem of the team which is death overs . His recent performance in world cup was unbelievable good where he was the leading wicket taker and is inching close to great glenn mgrath .The explosiveness that starc posses might attract a lot of franchise ,so if RCB wants the services of the 29 year old have to spent a big chunk of their purse on the player. The only concern with the Australian pacer is that his injury prone history ,has not being played for the last four years and not shown up for his previous franchise KKR puts a big question mark on him.
ALTERNATIVES: Chris Jordan,Pat Cummins , Jhye Richardson
2. Kusal Perera
After Chris gayles departure from the top of the order after the 2016 IPL ,RCB has failed miserably at the top of the order.Playing partiv patel at the top order has proven as Quick sand for the skipper virat kohli . Getting Perera at this year IPL auction might prove a masterstroke for the team . He can tear apart teams at the top of the order and can provide time for virat kohli to get set and then launch and not to forget his wicket keeping skills , wicket keeping was the sole reason why partiv patel was playing in the eleven last year and that cost the team those extra 15-20 runs in the powerplay especially. Getting an explosive wicket keeper batsmen is a must in T20s and its high time that RCB should rectify this in this years auction
3.Glenn Maxwell
The million dollar baby might fetch millions this year too and RCB must ensures those millions are deducted from their purse. Maxwell has emerged as a more mature cricketer under Justin langer .The RCB middle order is thin he can give the much required Power to the team and imagine ABD and Maxi batting together
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