IPL 2023: 5 RCB players who might be benched throughout the season
In IPL 2022, RCB showed consistency in selection and did minimal changes to their starting XI. One can expect the same from the Bangalore franchise in the coming season.
2. Finn Allen
Finn Allen has been a proven performer in the shortest format of the game. The 23-year-old has featured in 82 T20 games and scored 2270 runs at a stunning strike rate of 172.75. He has been phenomenal in the international arena as well and hammered 567 runs in 25 T20Is at a superb strike rate of 163.40.
The wicketkeeper-batter has been associated with the Royal Challengers since 2021 but he is yet to make his IPL debut. Though Allen’s stocks in the T20 arena have been on a meteoric rise, he is still unlikely to find a place in RCB’s starting XI in the coming season.
The Kiwi batter is contesting for an opening slot with Faf du Plessis but the latter is the skipper of the side and will be playing every game of the season. Moreover, du Plessis is supremely fit and the chances of him getting injured are pretty less. Therefore, Allen might be benched throughout the 16th IPL edition.
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