IPL 2018: Strengths and weaknesses of Bangalore

Banglore has believed in decking up power hitters and for the upcoming season also they have pooled in massive batting strength, here is a compilation of Bangalore's strength and weaknesses.

Virat-led Banglore team will look to win the IPL title and break the jinx of losing despite having the top players of the world in previous seasons, can say universe!

Banglore will play its first match on April 8 against their arch-rivals Kolkata.

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Strength:

Virat Kohli and AB de Villiers are the core strength along with wonder kid of IPL, Sarfraz Khan. All three of them were retained before entering the auctions.

The arrival of Brendon McCullum, Quinton de Kock, all-rounders like Chris Woakes, Colin de Grandhomme and Corey Anderson will boost power hitting.

Also, Brendon McCullum will resolve the opener problem.

Experienced pacers like Umesh Yadav, Mandeep Singh, Tim Southee and Mohammad Siraj.

Spin department will be powered by Yuzvendra Chahal, Moeen Ali and Washington Sundar.

Availability of two wicketkeepers, Quinton de Kock and Parthiv Patel.

Addition of domestic stars Kulwant Khejroliya and Navdeep Saini.

The bench is very strong.

Weaknesses:

Most of the batsman has an experience of playing at top three positions so Banglore lacks when it comes to middle order batting.

Here is the squad list of Banglore

Venue: M. Chinnaswamy Stadium

Retained:
Virat Kohli (17 cr)
AB de Villiers (11 cr)
Sarfraz Khan (3 cr)

Purchased:
Brendon McCullum (3.6 cr), Chris Woakes (7.4 cr), Colin de Grandhomme (2.2 cr), Moeen Ali (1.7 cr), Quinton de Kock (2.8 cr), Umesh Yadav (4.2 cr), Yuzvendra Chahal (6 cr), Manan Vohra (1.1 cr), Kulwant Kejroliya (85 L), Aniket Choudhary (30 L), Navdeep Saini (3 cr), Murugan Ashwin (2.2 cr), Mandeep Singh (1.4 cr), Washington Sundar (3.2 cr), Pawan Negi (1 cr), Mohammad Siraj (2.6 cr), Nathan Coulter-Nile (2.2 cr), Anirudha Joshi (20L), Parthiv Patel (1.7 cr), Tim Southee (1 cr), Pavan Deshpande (20 L)