Texan Posted April 3, 2019 Share Posted April 3, 2019 Over the years, RCB have been the most miserable team despite what looks like a star studded awesome lineup. So is Kohli as captain to blame for all these failures or is he just "unlucky"? Here's my two cents.... Unquestionably, undoubtedly, it is Kohli to blame for a large part of RCB failures. His stubborn attitude of playing useless fast bowlers who are neither wicket taking nor economical but purely driven by his ego of seeing bowlers crank up the speed gun is just one of the factors that causes RCB to lose so often. Classic example was RCB v/s SRH game this season. RCB packed in the quicks (Yadav, Siraj) but got completely outbowled by SRH "trundlers" (Bhuv, Sandeep, Kaul). The next part is his obsession with fitness made him drop a very utility batsman like Sarfaraz Khan from the team despite good performances from him. I understand fitness is important, but Sarfaraz was doing really well and deserved more chances. Kohli himself used to drop so many catches just couple of years ago despite supreme fitness. So if being fit counts and ground fielding is important, isn't taking catches even more important? He keeps insisting on opening the batting, but he is not really a T20 opener. He is much better off at 3 or 4. All such decisions from Kohli are primary drivers for why RCB are consistently losing. As part of team management, he will have ample say in auctions (who to pick, who not to) and even team selection from the squad. So not having the right players is hardly an excuse for Kohli since he himself had a large say in this matter. Opinions, disagreements,.... ?? AuxiliA and beetle 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Texan Posted April 3, 2019 Author Share Posted April 3, 2019 (edited) Mods, please move this thread to IPL forum Edited April 3, 2019 by Texan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wall2018 Posted April 3, 2019 Share Posted April 3, 2019 Mistakes started at auction table.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ankit_sharma03 Posted April 3, 2019 Share Posted April 3, 2019 Yes , every year they make same mistakes. They complain about lack of resources but they arent even using them properly. Neither can they complain about lack of money at auction table Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rkt.india Posted April 3, 2019 Share Posted April 3, 2019 1 hour ago, Texan said: Over the years, RCB have been the most miserable team despite what looks like a star studded awesome lineup. So is Kohli as captain to blame for all these failures or is he just "unlucky"? Here's my two cents.... Unquestionably, undoubtedly, it is Kohli to blame for a large part of RCB failures. His stubborn attitude of playing useless fast bowlers who are neither wicket taking nor economical but purely driven by his ego of seeing bowlers crank up the speed gun is just one of the factors that causes RCB to lose so often. Classic example was RCB v/s SRH game this season. RCB packed in the quicks (Yadav, Siraj) but got completely outbowled by SRH "trundlers" (Bhuv, Sandeep, Kaul). The next part is his obsession with fitness made him drop a very utility batsman like Sarfaraz Khan from the team despite good performances from him. I understand fitness is important, but Sarfaraz was doing really well and deserved more chances. Kohli himself used to drop so many catches just couple of years ago despite supreme fitness. So if being fit counts and ground fielding is important, isn't taking catches even more important? He keeps insisting on opening the batting, but he is not really a T20 opener. He is much better off at 3 or 4. All such decisions from Kohli are primary drivers for why RCB are consistently losing. As part of team management, he will have ample say in auctions (who to pick, who not to) and even team selection from the squad. So not having the right players is hardly an excuse for Kohli since he himself had a large say in this matter. Opinions, disagreements,.... ?? but the same trundlers could not stop KKR from chasing 181. You are blaming bowlers and not batsmen who capitulated Nabi of all all SRH bowlers. UrmiSinhaRay 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wall2018 Posted April 3, 2019 Share Posted April 3, 2019 Sarfaraz was, is & will be a dud! UrmiSinhaRay 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
velu Posted April 3, 2019 Share Posted April 3, 2019 kohli is the main reason , but dont blame him for everything .. probably the team in the last game looked well balanced ( though they went with extra pacer instead of someone like negi or sundar ) , but kohli cant bat for others .. Mosher 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rkt.india Posted April 3, 2019 Share Posted April 3, 2019 4 minutes ago, velu said: kohli is the main reason , but dont blame him for everything .. probably the team in the last game looked well balanced ( though they went with extra pacer instead of someone like negi or sundar ) , but kohli cant bat for others .. Kohli needs to bat for himself first. he has done nothing yet this IPL. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
velu Posted April 3, 2019 Share Posted April 3, 2019 18 minutes ago, rkt.india said: Kohli needs to bat for himself first. he has done nothing yet this IPL. yeah .. he still did better than simran hetmeyer Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SK_IH Posted April 3, 2019 Share Posted April 3, 2019 Yes Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zen Posted April 3, 2019 Share Posted April 3, 2019 What was RCB’s record before Kohli? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CoverDrive Posted April 3, 2019 Share Posted April 3, 2019 (edited) Not really building a franchise is a big job requiring a full professional setup. It needs scouts who are constantly on the lookout and a management team that has a clear strategy worked out each year well in advance. You can see that teams like KKR, CSK, MI, SRH and even lot of others is just always so much better at these things. Captain definitely has a role to play but International players like Kohli have a very busy schedule and deal with pressures of Test crickets and various other tours and IPL probably is at top of their mind for only 2-3 months a year. The management needs to be working all year round making sure the right squad is built and trained. Kohli has to take his share of blame (big part of it is weird selections on match day) but it is well known that RCB has some of the worst management which never seems to have learnt over time. They have had well known weaknesses in bowling over time but they never have worked on it seriously. Edited April 3, 2019 by CoverDrive Real McCoy and Wall2018 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
velu Posted April 3, 2019 Share Posted April 3, 2019 20 minutes ago, zen said: What was RCB’s record before Kohli? more or less same zen 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vvvslaxman Posted April 3, 2019 Share Posted April 3, 2019 Yes. His job was to turn around the fortunes for his team. If anything they got worse. Lot of lesser equipped teams won the IPL like deccan chargers, csk, royals Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vvvslaxman Posted April 3, 2019 Share Posted April 3, 2019 Kohli is not a great tactician as well. His on-field calls at crucial junctures were less than ideal Him bowling the over to Albie Morkel was one lol. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mishra Posted April 3, 2019 Share Posted April 3, 2019 4 hours ago, velu said: kohli is the main reason , but dont blame him for everything .. probably the team in the last game looked well balanced ( though they went with extra pacer instead of someone like negi or sundar ) , but kohli cant bat for others .. Kohli simply doesnt know how to set field for spinners. It doesnt comes into his mind that a batsman will try to force him to take spinner off the attack. Just in the match against Royals. I predicted that Kohli will take off Ali if batsman can somehow score 10+ run overs. Happened exactly same way. I also said, he wont even bowl full quota of 8 overs from his two available spinners and it happened. I felt he will bowl atleast 7 but he bowled just 5. Opposition Batsmen know that Kohli's patience can be manipulated and they manipulate him. I will say, Kohli should use RCB as practice and play 4 spinners and two pacers and work on his field placing with spinners. velu 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mishra Posted April 3, 2019 Share Posted April 3, 2019 4 hours ago, rkt.india said: Kohli needs to bat for himself first. he has done nothing yet this IPL. He tweeted Gambo that he is playing Cricket Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rkt.india Posted April 3, 2019 Share Posted April 3, 2019 4 hours ago, Wall2018 said: Sarfaraz was, is & will be a dud! Sarfaraz was never a dud. He was one of the most promising U19 batsman. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rkt.india Posted April 3, 2019 Share Posted April 3, 2019 4 hours ago, velu said: yeah .. he still did better than simran hetmeyer and he is still playing hetmeyer so who is to blame? Switchblade 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vvvslaxman Posted April 3, 2019 Share Posted April 3, 2019 Some teams turned nobodies into their main players. Asnodkar, Bisla, Jakati. RCB turned great stars into duds. raki05 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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