RCB can be little more aggressive with their batting performances: Deep Dasgupta

Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) qualified for the IPL 2022 playoffs with eight wins in 14 league matches. They won their last league game by chasing down a total of 169 runs against Gujarat Titans (GT). They are up against Lucknow Super Giants (LSG) in the ongoing Eliminator fixture. Ahead of this match, former Indian cricketer Deep Dasgupta opined on the form of RCB.

Dasgupta reckoned that the team has had death bowling concerns throughout the tournament. He said that Hazlewood has been terrific with the new ball but Mohammed Siraj has been patchy in the death overs. The former batter added that if there is enough dew at the Eden Gardens, it would be difficult for the team’s lead bowler Harshal Patel.

“They have good bowlers in the form of Hazlewood, Harshal, and Hasaranga. But they still kind of lack with their death overs as Hazlewood has only been brilliant in powerplay overs, while Siraj is not having a good season. It all comes down to Harshal Patel, but when there is dew and the ball is not gripping, it will be an issue for Bangalore as the last five overs have not been good for the team,” said Dasgupta on Sky247.net presents ‘Not Just Cricket’ Show on CricTracker.

RCB’s batting looks solid: Deep Dasgupta

Dasgupta added that the entire batting unit of RCB has delivered fine performances, with the contribution of all the key players. The former wicketkeeper concluded by saying that RCB can be aggressive with their performance, due to their deep line-up.

“He (Kohli) is doing good and looked better in the last game as he was amongst the runs. The valuable runs would give him a different type of confidence. Other batters like Patidar, Faf have been doing well, with DK having a fabulous season so the batting unit looks solid. For someone like Bangalore, who have a deep batting line-up, with Harshal being handy as well, they can be a little aggressive,” added Dasgupta.