RCB Squad & Preview: UAE leg of IPL 2021

Royal Challengers Bangalore Squad

Virat Kohli, AB de Villiers, Yuzvendra Chahal, Devdutt Padikkal, Harshal Patel, Mohammed Siraj, Navdeep Saini, Shahbaz Ahmed, Pavan Deshpande, Glenn Maxwell, Sachin Baby, Rajat Patidar, Mohammed Azharuddeen, Kyle Jamieson, Dan Christian, Suyesh Prabhudessai, KS Bharat, Tim David, Dushmantha Chameera, Wanindu Hasaranga, George Garton, Akash Deep

IPL 2021 performance

Won: 5, Lost: 2, NRR: -0.17

Rank: 3

Recent Form: L W L W W

Overseas Players

AB de Villiers, Glenn Maxwell, Kyle Jamieson, Dan Christian, Tim David, Dushmantha Chameera, Wanindu Hasaranga, George Garton

Probable XI

Devdutt Padikkal, Virat Kohli, Rajat Patidar, AB de Villiers, Glenn Maxwell, Wanindu Hasaranga, Shahbaz Ahmed, Harshal Patel, Mohammed Siraj, Kyle Jamieson, Yuzvendra Chahal

Team Division

Batters: Virat Kohli, AB de Villiers, Devdutt Padikkal, Pavan Deshpande, Sachin Baby, Rajat Patidar, Mohammed Azharuddeen, Suyesh Prabhudessai, KS Bharat

Bowlers: Yuzvendra Chahal, Mohammed Siraj, Navdeep Saini, Dushmantha Chameera, George Garton, Akash Deep

All-rounders: Harshal Patel, Shahbaz Ahmed, Glenn Maxwell, Kyle Jamieson, Dan Christian, Tim David, Wanindu Hasaranga

Batting

Good openers, Abundance of pinch hitters, Poor Lower Order Batting, Lack of Left Handers

LHB: Devdutt Padikkal, Pavan Deshpande, Sachin Baby, Shahbaz Ahmed

RHB: Virat Kohli, AB de Villiers, Rajat Patidar, Mohammed Azharuddeen, Suyesh Prabhudessai, KS Bharat, Harshal Patel, Glenn Maxwell, Kyle Jamieson, Dan Christian, Tim David, Wanindu Hasaranga

Bowling

Lack of good allrounders, Lack of backup spin bowlers, Expensive Indian bowlers, Average Death Bowling

Fast Bowlers: Mohammed Siraj, Navdeep Saini, Dushmantha Chameera, George Garton, Akash Deep, Harshal Patel, Kyle Jamieson, Dan Christian

Spinners: Yuzvendra Chahal, Shahbaz Ahmed, Glenn Maxwell, Tim David, Wanindu Hasaranga