IPL 2019: Three players underutilized by Royal Challengers Banglore 

Now that the 12th edition of the Indian Premier League is reaching its final stage, its time we take a look back at the sides that did well and the sides that couldn't get it together. The entertainment and action we witnessed this year were brilliant and that is what we have come to expect every time.

Some teams like Mumbai Indians, Chennai Super Kings, Sunrisers Hyderabad, etc have now made a habit of performing well every year but some teams like Royal Challengers Bangalore and Kings XI Punjab have been dealing with problems every IPL. This year again, we saw RCB crumble as they lost their first 6 games.

The Virat Kohli led side is full of superstars and still, they just don't seem to get it right. The team combination is one thing RCB always mess up. They drop some players for performing badly in one game, while many aren't dropped even if they don't perform in every single game.

So, in this slideshow, we take a look at the three players that RCB should have played more matches.

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#3 Shimron Hetmyer

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When RCB bought Shimron Hetmyer in the auctions, many RCB fans thought that they now have a solution to their middle order problems but that was not to be as Hetmyer just scored 15 runs in his first 4 matches and was dropped immediately.

That was wrong decision to drop Hetmyer as the West Indian is a match winner on any given day and just as Rohit Sharma stuck with Kieron Pollard, if Kohli would have backed Hetmyer, maybe they would have won more matches.

The hard-hitting West Indian showed his capability in RCB's last game against SRH in which he scored a match-winning 75 and ones think that if Hetmyer would have been given more chances, he could have shown the RCB faithful much more of his power.

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#2 Gurkeerat Mann Singh

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A selection made by RCB this year which baffles me is the backing of Akshdeep Nath. He was clearly failing in almost every match and yet he was backed more than Hetmyer which really didn't make much sense. In the 8 matches Nath played, he just scored 61 runs at an average of 12.

Bringing in Gurkeerat Singh should have done much earlier by the looks of every other batsmen's failure in the middle order. He is an experienced cricketer who has played at the IPL level for many years and in the matches that he was played in, he showed exactly why he should have been picked more frequently.

In the three matches that he played, he scored 98 runs at an average of 33 which is far better from what we saw with Nath. At least, next year, Kohli would start with Gurkeerat over Nath.

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#1 Washington Sundar

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One of the biggest selection decision which completely went over many heads was how underused Washington Sundar was. The young spinner is a capable all-rounder who can do the job with the ball and the bat.

Sundar is capable enough to bowl both in the powerplay and in the middle overs and he has proved that many times in the IPL. Just think about it, a cricketer who is capable to play for the Indian T20 international team has to be capable enough to play for RCB. Isn't it?

He still got to play the last couple games in the red and black. In his three matches, he picked up 4 wickets at an economy rate of about 8. Some selection blunders and some poor performances were what led to RCB's downfall this year and one can only hope they correct their mistakes next year.

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