IPL 2018, RCB vs KXIP: 5 players to watch out for

Virat Kohli

A player who needs no introductions at all, Virat Kohli is someone whose presence adds so much to RCB and IPL in general. A batsman who commands outstanding respect with the way he goes about his business.

Virat Kohli is coming into this year’s IPL after a three-week gap. He looked fresh and raring to go against KKR in their opening game. His captaincy was good where he bought on some nice bowling changes. If only the middle order of RCB could have got them 15-20 more runs, things would have ended up differently.

Virat Kohli has emphasized on the fact that as a franchise they have made a conscious decision to stock up their bowling options to be more competitive. He also went on to say that this probably is RCB’s best bowling line up with Chris Woakes, Yuzhvendra Chahal and Umesh Yadav in the mix.

As a captain, he will be hoping as a bowling unit the team can deliver a performance which would please their home fans. He was a bit rusty and slow in his innings against KKR but that for sure is just a temporary thing as a player who has amassed 4444 runs in 150 IPL games with an impressive average of 37.39 and a strike rate of 129.49 along with scoring 30 fifties and 4 centuries just needs that one innings to get into full flow.

Everyone will be looking forward to Virat Kohli coming into his own as a batsman and also how he goes against his competing captain Ravichandran Ashwin.