The finalists of last year’s Indian Premier League (IPL) Royal Challenger Bangalore (RCB) was expected to emulate their performance but the way they performed this year, even skipper Virat Kohli had no words to express the reason for their abysmal performance.
Everything they did and experimented went against RCB, which was the reason behind team finishing on the last spot with just three wins in 14 games. But is this performance a real reflection of the capability of players of RCB? Does this rank on the points table justify talent which Virat Kohli, AB de Villiers have? Surely not. They are still the best players in world cricket at the moment.
With talks of an open IPL auction in 2018, there are assumptions that teams will be given ‘Right to Match’ card, according to which they can retain a particular player at the highest amount he draws in the auction.
While there is still no word from BCCI regarding how many players a team can retain by using this card, here are five players who RCB side will look to get back in their team if given a chance –