Can RCB turn things around from here?

On paper, RCB has a pretty solid team. Dilshan, AB de Villiers, Virat Kohli, Zaheer Khan and Vettori are among the best in the business. And yet, in the first half of IPL 4, the Royal Challengers have disappointed. With only 2 wins from 6 games (admittedly, one match was rained out), fans are understandably morose.

Gayle won the match against KKR almost single-handedly. And if he continues with his form for the next 3 weeks, RCB is sure to make the semis. But Dilshan is leaving soon (although to be honest, he has not exactly set the stands on fire so far). And therein lies the problem. Kohli apart, RCB’s stars have not delivered so far. Zak has been leaking runs aplenty. And after the first match against the Tuskers, AB has not been among the runs. Also, with the majority of players being new to the franchise, they haven’t yet gelled as a team. While a similar situation exists with other teams, it is the inability of players like Saurabh Tiwary who played a key role last season that is hurting RCB.

It would be unwise to rely only on reputations. Unless everyone raises their fielding standards and RCB play as a team, we can kiss our chances of even making it to the top 4 in IPL 4 goodbye.