Royal Challengers Bangalore set the tone for an exciting IPL season with five wins from the first seven matches. But their batting imploded thereafter, leaving them smarting from three consecutive losses.
While the top order led by Faf du Plessis and Virat Kohli has been inconsistent, the fulcrum of RCB's success was Dinesh Karthik and Shahbaz Ahmed in the middle order. But with the duo in indifferent form in the last three matches, familiar batting woes have returned to haunt the team.
