IPL Auction 2020: Three players Royal Challengers Bangalore could target in the auction

RCB had another disappointing season in 2019. They finished at the bottom of the table with just five wins in 14 matches.

Virat Kohli and AB de Villiers once again led the batting lineup in 2019. RCB's bowling attack failed to perform again. Chahal and Navdeep Saini are the only bowlers who tasted success in 2019. Experienced fast bowlers, like Tim Southee and Umesh Yadav, couldn't take wickets and have remained expensive more often than not. Shivam Dube, Shimron Hetmyer, and Akshadeep Nath, their most significant buys in the 2019 auction, also failed to prove their worth.

For the 2020 season, the team made a few essential changes to their coaching department. Mike Hesson, the former head coach of Kings XI Punjab, was appointed as their Director of cricket operations. They further removed Gary Kirsten and Ashish Nehra and brought in Simon Katich and Mithun Manhas as head coach and assistant coach. After changing their coaching staff, RCB will look to add experienced batsmen and death bowlers to their team after releasing players like Hetmyer, Southee, and Klassen.

On that note, here are three players RCB could target in the upcoming auction.

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#3 Alex Carey

Alex Carey plays for Adelaide Strikers in the BBL.

Alex Carey is a young wicketkeeper-batsman from Australia. Carey represented Australia in the 2019 World Cup, where he scored 375 runs at an average and strike-rate of 62.50 and 104.16, respectively. In his T20 career, Carey scored a total of 1182 runs in 60 matches at an average of 31.10, which includes a century and seven fifties. He remained the second-highest run-getter in the seventh BBL season, where he scored 443 runs at an average of 49.22.

RCB could consider releasing Shimron Hetmyer, who failed to prove his worth. Alex Carey, who is an excellent wicketkeeper-batsman, can be an ideal replacement.

#2 Jason Roy

Jason Roy is a dashing right-handed batsman who opens for England.

Jason Roy is a right-handed opening batsman who plays for England across all formats. Roy, who previously played for Gujarat Lions and Delhi Capitals, is known for playing destructive innings in T20s and ODIs.

He scored a total of 4882 runs at an impressive strike rate of 145.68 in his T20 career. In his IPL career, he scored 179 runs in 8 matches at an average of 29.83. In the 2019 World Cup, he proved to be a vital cog for the England team. Roy scored 443 runs in just eight games at an astonishing strike of 115.36.

RCB lack an overseas opening batsman. The Virat Kohli-led team should consider releasing Heinrich Klassen, who couldn't make any impact on the side. Roy's experience of playing 194 matches all around the world would undoubtedly boost their batting department.

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#1 Mitchell Starc

Mitchell Starc is a left-arm fast bowler who plays for Australia across all formats.

Mitchell Starc is among the best Australian fast bowlers of this generation. Starc, who last played an IPL match in 2015, was part of Royal Challengers Bangalore's squad for two seasons. He picked a total of 34 wickets in 27 games at a decent economy of 7.16. KKR bought him in the 2018 auction, but a leg injury did not allow him to participate. In the 2019 World Cup, he picked up 27 wickets and was the highest wicket-taker in the tournament.

Tim Southee couldn't prove his worth as a wicket-taking bowler. RCB should consider releasing him ahead of the auctions to bring back a consistent performer in Starc.