IPL 2019: 5 players who are responsible for RCB's poor start to the season

Royal Challengers Bangalore have once again failed to get off to a good start in their Indian Premier League season. But unlike the previous editions, Kohli and his men have lost 5 out of the 5 games they have played so far in IPL 2019. The management is still in a confusion regarding their perfect playing 11 which can provide them their first win.

Somehow the main man responsible behind this is their captain, Virat Kohli. He has so far not yet proved himself as a good IPL captain pertaining to his questionable playing XI selections. He could not find the perfect team which could help them in qualifying for the playoffs.

With the inclusion of Marcus Stoinis and Tim Southee, the team had been looking good on the paper but still; they found a way to lose their last game.

In this article, we will have a look at the 5 players who are responsible for the RCB’s poor start to Indian Premier League 2019. They are as follows:

#5 Umesh Yadav

Umesh Yadav had failed for RCB in the first 4 matches of IPL 2019.

Umesh Yadav has got a very reputed name in Test match cricket. But this fast bowler has failed to deliver when it comes to T20s. He has been constantly facing troubles in getting the perfect line and length. This has been one of the most common problems for him over the last few years. Even for the Indian T20I team, Yadav could not deliver the goods when asked to bowl the most important over of the match.

Umesh Yadav has so far bagged just 2 wickets in the 4 matches of Indian Premier League 2019. He was even smashed for 40 runs in just 3.5 overs against the Rajasthan Royals side in Jaipur. So referring to his recent form, he was dropped from the playing XI as well.

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#4 Moeen Ali

Moeen Ali hasn't been in his best form so far in IPL 2019.

English all-rounder Moeen Ali was promoted up in the RCB batting order in the Indian Premier League 2019 but his average performance in the initial matches for RCB have proved that Moeen is not performing as per his abilities, so far.

Moeen went on to bat at the 3rd position in the opening match of IPL 2019 but clearly failed in that task as he got out for just 9 runs. Virat promoted him to open the innings in the 2nd match which again proved to be a blunder as he got run out at the score of 13. In the 3rd match, Moeen was demoted to 5th position down the order and he failed there as well. So it clearly seems that RCB should search for a better all-rounder to replace Moeen Ali for the next matches.

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#3 Colin de Grandhomme

Colin de Grandhomme was a complete disaster for RCB

Virat Kohli has not got his perfect playing 11 which could take him to the playoffs of IPL 2019. The biggest question for them is a perfect all-rounder who can bat as well as bowl 2-3 overs in the middle. Currently, Colin de Grandhomme and Marcus Stoinis are the only 2 fast bowling all-rounders for RCB.

As Stoinis wasn’t available during the opening matches of IPL 2019, de Grandhomme was given the chance to play in his absence. But he didn’t utilize this chance as he constantly failed with the bat in all the 4 matches. Even with the ball, the same situation happened which raised a question on Virat Kohli’s team selection. Now as Stoinis has joined the squad, there is no chance left for de Grandhomme to feature in the playing 11.

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#2 Shimron Hetmyer

The poor performance of Shimron Hetmyer has surprised every RCB fan

Shimron Hetmyer was a player from whom a lot was expected by the RCB team when the side purchased him in the auction. The main thing which led to a heavy bid for him was his top-class form in domestic tournaments and for the West Indies side. But as soon as the world saw him in the first 4 matches, the entire buzz went down to a great extent.

He just scored 15 runs from his first 4 matches and showcased his poor form. He batted at 3 different positions during these 4 matches but still failed to get a big score on the board. Referring to his recent form, Virat Kohli didn’t take the risk of including him in the playing 11 for their 5th match against Kolkata Knight Riders.

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#1 Mohammed Siraj

Mohammed Siraj was expected to be RCB's top Indian pacer

If there is one player who turned last night's match in favor of Kolkata Knight Riders, it has to be Mohammed Siraj. The fast bowler shifted the momentum in the opposition's favor by dropping a catch first and then bowling a beamer to Andre Russell.

He got himself banned from bowling further, which invited Marcus Stoinis to bowl. Russell bashed Stoinis and then milked 29 runs from Southee's over to take the Kolkata Knight Riders home.

Even in the first 4 matches, the Indian fast bowler had leaked runs and he failed to deliver the goods that the Royal Challengers would have expected.

Royal Challengers Bangalore will take the field tomorrow against the Delhi Capitals and it will be intriguing to see whether Siraj plays or not.

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