Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) has been one team in the Indian Premier League (IPL) which enjoys immense fan following because of the abundance of talent but fails to impress their fans in the cash-rich league. Be it their skipper Virat Kohli, match-winner AB de Villiers or leg-spinner Yuzvendra Chahal, RCB has numerous match winners. But, the results have just not come their way and RCB is yet to win the trophy in 12 seasons.

In fact, RCB’s best performance till date across all the seasons of the IPL is the runners-up finish in 2016. In this year’s edition, the RCB came out with a dismal performance and finished at the bottom.

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England all-rounder Moeen Ali, who is one of the two foreign players retained for next season, reckons that the RCB needs to have a good start in IPL 2020 in order to make it to the playoffs and lift the coveted trophy. He also believes that the team cannot expect Kohli and de Villiers to win games for them and so other players need to step up.

As per the quotes in IANS, during the sidelines of the ongoing Abu Dhabi T10 League, Ali said, “We need a good start. I think we always start slowly. We need to be brave, especially at home because the wicket in Bengaluru is very good. The boundaries are small over there and it’s very daunting for the bowlers.”

He further added, “We cannot keep relying on Virat and AB de Villiers to win us games. Batters like myself and whomsoever are coming in, have to step up and bat well.”

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RCB has released as many as 12 players including mid-season replacement Dale Steyn for IPL 2020. IPL auctions are set to take place on December 19 in Kolkata.