IPL 2019 Auction: 3 players that Royal Challengers Bangalore need to pick
As another edition of the Indian Premier League knocks on our door, it is time to ask the same question again. Will the Royal Challengers Bangalore, one of the most popular franchises in the league convert their hitherto unexplored potential into performances and finally end their title drought?
As always, the RCB go into the IPL with a rock-solid batting on the paper led by Virat Kohli and AB de Villiers. Having released players like Brendon McCullum, Corey Anderson, Chris Woakes and Sarfaraz Khan they have quite a few vacant slots to fill. The Bangalore franchise also traded Quinton de Kock to Mumbai Indians and acquired Marcus Stoinis from Punjab at the cost of Mandeep Singh.
With 18.15 crores still in their kitty, the RCB have adequate funds to build a formidable side They need to find replacements for de Kock and McCullum by picking an overseas batsman and propel their fast bowling which has been their nemesis for a long time. Let us take a look at three players that the men in red and black need to pick.
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#3 Aaron Finch
The swashbuckling Victorian opening batsman has been the hottest property in T20 cricket in recent times. Finch holds the record for top 2 highest individual scores in T20 international cricket. In the IPL, Finch has played for as many as seven franchises and has a wealth of experience.
RCB have not found anyone to fill in the big shoes of Chris Gayle since letting go the Jamaican. Quinton de Kock and Brendon McCullum did not fire for them last season and the men in red had to let both of them go. Having Finch in the ranks gives them firepower at the top, and he could be considered as a long-term investment as he still has plenty of cricket left in him.
Finch could provide the Royal Challengers the last piece to complete their batting puzzle, and the franchise should not hesitate in spending few extra bucks on the big burly Australian. Finch has played 75 IPL matches scoring 1737 runs at a strike rate of 131.