IPL 2019: Three unwanted records held by RCB in IPL history

Royal Challengers Banglore are arguably the greatest team to never win the Indian Premier League. Things don't seem to be getting any better as they have got off to a horrible start to the current season. After losing their first six games, Virat Kohli's men need a miracle in order to qualify for the playoffs. If they fail to qualify for the playoffs; it would mean that they for the third year in a row they are not in the top four.

To make matters worse, most of these losses have been convincing defeats by huge margins. It is difficult to imagine that a team with so many superstars in the ranks is struggling to give a competitive fight.

This is not even the first season when the RCB has failed to live up to its pre-season hype. In the process, the franchise based in Bangalore has set some unpleasant records. Let us look at some of those records held by RCB.

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#3 Lowest Team Total

KKR bowled out RCB for 49 in 2017 (Picture Courtesy: BCCI/IPLT20.com)

In the 10th season of the IPL, Kolkata Knight Riders set a target of 132 for RCB at Eden Gardens. While the pitch had something for the bowlers, the famed batting line consisting of Chris Gayle, Virat Kohli, and AB De Villiers was expected to chase the target with ease.

But on that fateful night, RCB batting line up collapsed for just 49 runs. None of their batsmen were able to even record double-digit scores in that innings. This meant they were not able to last even 10 overs in that innings vs KKR.

Nathan Coulter-Nile, Chris Woakes, and Colin de Grandhomme picked three wickets each as RCB batsmen had no answer to the questions posed by these bowlers. This was an utter humiliation for Kohli's men, as they suffered an 82 run defeat and registered the lowest score in the history of the competition.

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#2 Virat Kohli has lost more matches any other player

Virat Kohli has lost 87 matches in IPL history - (Picture Courtesy: BCCI/IPLT20.com)

Virat Kohli is one of the greatest players in the history of T20 Cricket. The RCB captain recently became the second Indian batsmen to score more than 8000 runs in this format of the game. He has been part of RCB since the first edition of the IPL.

While he has done well on a personal level but the failure of the team has meant that he holds an unfortunate record. Kohli has been on the losing side 87 times in the IPL, which is more than any other player in the tournament.

This record proves that a player can only win certain games on his own. To triumph, on a consistent basis, you need a team effort. Considering the recent form of RCB, this record can only get worse unless the men from Bangalore do something extraordinary to change their fortunes.

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#1 Six defeats in first six matches

No team has lost more than six games in a row (Picture courtesy: BCCI/IPLT20.com)

RCB has got off to the worst possible start to the season in this edition of the IPL. In the process, they have created yet another undesirable record as they became the second team to lose each of their first six matches after Delhi Capitals in 2013. The chances of RCB qualifying for the playoffs are already very bleak as they need a miracle to qualify.

They have a really poor net run rate which means that it will be very difficult for them to qualify with just seven wins on the board. This means that they have to win each of their last eight matches to qualify for the playoffs.

While it has been done before, but considering the form of Virat Kohli's men, it seems to be an impossible task. Since their run to the IPL final in 2016, RCB has never even qualified for the playoffs.

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