Another Indian Premier League (IPL), one other disappointing run by Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB). Every single season, the franchise instill hopes within the hearts of their followers, then find yourself breaking their hearts with their poor present on the pitch. The 2024 marketing campaign has been no completely different, with RCB incurring 6 defeats in 7 matches to stay backside of the 10-team factors desk. As pundits look to delve deep into the RCB equipment, many issues floor. Former India cricketer Virender Sehwag feels one of many largest points with the RCB is the dearth of Indian help employees. (IPL 2024 Points Table)

“If you have 12-15 Indian players, just 10 overseas and your entire staff is made of foreigners, that’s an issue. Only a few of them are international players, rest are all Indians and half of them don’t even understand English. How will you motivate them? Who spends time with them? Who talks to them? I can’t see a single Indian staff member. At least there should be someone who the players can confide in,” Sehwag stated on Cricbuzz.

“Players need a comfort level which they are not getting presently. Players go blank in front of captain Faf du Plessis because if he asks something, they will have to answer. If the leader is Indian, you can share what’s going through your mind. But if you do that to an overseas player, you may be left out of the Playing XI in the next game. RCB need at least 2-3 Indian support staff.”

Manoj Tiwary, former India and Kolkata Knight Riders batter, feels RCB’s issues go deeper, with poor recruitment on the public sale desk one of many largest causes behind their troubles.

“I know where the problem is. From the auction table to the management. All the good players of this franchise leave to go and play for other teams. One of them is the leading wicket-taker this season [Yuzvendra Chahal]. You let them go. You don’t persist with Virat Kohli‘s captaincy. He led them to the 2016 final. Then today, the 4 costliest players of the franchise whose collective budget is more than Rs 40 crore, are all benched. Glenn Maxwell, Cameron Green, Alzarri Joseph. Siraj was rested. So when you’re spending so much money and then benching these players, you know where the problem lies,” stated Tiwary.

“Batting just isn’t an issue. It was all the time bowling. They haven’t got a specialist spinner. You’re making Will Jacks open the bowling. Sometimes Mahipal Lomror and even some of the on-field captaincy calls are terrible. Everything is wrong from every corner. They need to regroup entirely and devise a long-term plan.”

Though it is not throughout for the Bengaluru aspect but, Faf du Plessis’ males want a big effort to make it to the playoffs.