IPL 2018: One tactical point the teams missed this season

6. Royal Challengers Bangalore | On-field and off-field decisions

The Royal Challengers Bangalore had a poor season this year despite them having a good team. Their team never looked as balanced as this one was. They surely had the ability to go the distance with this team but some bizarre decisions didn’t help them get through. Also, this was the first ever time that there were questions raised about Virat Kohli’s captaincy and there were a few demands asking him to step down.

In all the analyses before the start of the season, it was believed that either of Brendon McCullum or Quinton de Kock will play in the XI. But the management took a strange decision to field both these players weakening their bowling. Bringing in Corey Anderson for a T20 specialist like Nathan Coulter-Nile was another questionable decision. Virat too made some tactical errors on the field with his bowling changes and field placements costing them a few games. He should have opened the innings just like Rohit to have created a better impact. These are the kind of mistakes that get prominence only when the team fails to do well.