Former India player Aakash Chopra has picked the RCB’s spin-bowling department as a concern heading into IPL 2025. He said that Krunal Pandya, one of the two spinners likely to be a part of their playing XI as well. RCB bought Krunal for ₹5.75 crore at the IPL 2025 auction as well. Suyash Sharma (₹2.60 crore) was the only prominent frontline spinner picked by RCB as well.

In a video shared on his YouTube channel ‘Aakash Chopra’, he said, “The glaring problem I see is the spin department. It seemed like they forgot that they had to pick spinners. They have gone a little light in the spin department. You have two spinners, one is Krunal Pandya and the other is Suyash Sharma. It doesn’t give me a lot of confidence. Krunal Pandya bowls tight lines with the new ball. However, he doesn’t even bowl four overs every time. He is a competitive and effective player, but he is also an all-rounder. You don’t see him as an out-and-out spinner. He is not your wicket-taking option.”

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However, Aakash Chopra added that the RCB might have to overcome the luck factor in IPL 2025 as well.

“Do they run out of luck? Luck is a factor that doesn’t go in their favor, or else if you qualify nine times and reach the final thrice, you lift the trophy at least once or twice. Their women’s team reached the final once and they have a trophy. If you reach the final thrice and don’t lift the trophy even once, you feel things are not great,” he said.

“Neither their men nor their women have a home-ground advantage. They don’t win as many matches at home as they should. When you see any successful franchise, a lot of times you think whether they play well or not at home. The answer to that question for them is that they don’t play that well at home,” Aakash Chopra concluded.