It has been a horrible begin for Royal Challengers Bangalore within the IPL 2024 with the Faf du Plessis-led aspect dropping 4 out of their first 5 matches within the competitors. Star batter Virat Kohli is presently the best run-getter in IPL 2024 however lack of performances from different batters and an indisciplined bowling assault has resulted in heavy losses for the franchise. RCB’s newest defeat got here in opposition to Rajasthan Royals the place Kohli as soon as once more scored a century however Jos Buttler and Sanju Samson proved too highly effective for the bowlers. Former India batter Aakash Chopra took to social media to dissect the important thing areas the place RCB have gone flawed and the way they’ve failed to deal with issues which have routinely bothered them.

Chopra wrote that the choice to let go of high quality spinners like Yuzvendra Chahal and Wanindu Hasaranga has been a significant concern for the aspect and added that the franchise must assume past the popular technique of enjoying Kohli together with three abroad batters.

“You let go of Chahal to buy Hasranga. And then let go of him to invest in the uncapped Indian spinners. It’s a fairly long journey to understand that #RCB’s bowling is a perennial weak-link but the attempt to resolve it is yet to be seen. As for the batting…Kohli plus 3 overseas batters is a strategy that hasn’t worked for nearly two decades…most teams would’ve walked a different path but not the RCB.  #MidnightMusings,” Chopra posted on social media platform X (previously known as Twitter).

You let go of Chahal to purchase Hasranga. And then let go of him to put money into the uncapped Indian spinners.
It’s a reasonably lengthy journey to grasp that #RCB‘s bowling is a perennial weak-link however the try to resolve it’s but to be seen.
As for the batting…Kohli plus 3…

— Aakash Chopra (@cricketaakash) April 6, 2024

Kohli reckoned that the Jaipur monitor was two-paced making strokeplay troublesome however former India ODI skipper Ajay Jadeja felt that the style by which the star batter batted, there appeared to be little or no demons current within the 22-yard strip.

Kohli scored an unbeaten 113 off 72 balls with 12 fours and 4 sixes however RCB managed solely 183/3 in 20 overs, a complete that was surpassed by Rajasthan Royals with 5 balls to spare, courtesy Jos Buttler’s 58-ball ton.

Jadeja, an astute cricket mind, felt that there appeared to be some discrepancy in what Kohli noticed and the way on the whole the pitch behaved throughout the whole length of the sport.

“He (Kohli) started out so well. He hit a couple of boundaries in the first few overs, and you knew you were watching something special tonight. The only surprising thing was him speaking about how the deliveries were not carrying through on this pitch, but the way he batted, we didn’t see any shortcomings in the pitch,” Jadeja, a ‘Jio Cinema’ IPL knowledgeable mentioned.

After scoring his eighth IPL hundred, Kohli had mentioned the pitch was not a flat one “The wicket looks quite different from the outside. It feels like it’s flat, but the ball is holding up in the pitch, that’s when you realise the pace changes,” Kohli instructed the official broadcaster.

(With PTI inputs)