IPL 2018: 4 benched players who can change their teams' fortunes

#1 Tim Southee (Royal Challengers Bangalore)

It is high time RCB's skipper Kohli (left) starts including Southee (right) in his plans

As reputed journalist Tim Wigmore said after Royal Challengers Bangalore failed to defend 205 runs against Chennai Super Kings, if you have $12 million to build a team, you should not end with Corey Anderson as your death bowler. While giving Anderson the ball in the last over might be a blunder, what is more than a botch is the selection of Corey Anderson ahead of Tim Southee.

Over the past decade, RCB have had some of the finest batters to have ever graced the game in their team but that is all that they had. Their lacklustre bowling lineup ensured equivalence by not defending any total, no matter how big it is. The problem is adamant and so is RCB's strategy of going batting-heavy. But an 8-pack person with rickety legs will collapse and so did RCB's team. Anderson's economy rate is over 13 runs per over and hence it is the time to give his countryman Tim Southee a shot. Southee has an IPL career economy rate of just over 8 runs per over and has 22 wickets to his name.