RCB captain Rajat Patidar has shown his determination and returned to the nets after recovering from injury. Moreover, the tournament was halted for 7 days due to India and Pakistan’s shocking issue. However, RCB’s director of cricket, Mo Boba,t said that the eight-day break proved to be a good break for players

“Yeah, my own personal philosophy is I don’t worry that much about right-hand-left-hand combinations. I know different teams do that differently,” Bobat said. “I actually think that since we’ve had the impact player rule and every team has six or seven bowlers, it almost doesn’t matter if you’ve got [a] right-hand-left-hand [pair], they just change the bowling combination. So I think in an 11 versus 11 line-up, sometimes having that left-hander in your back order can mean that you can put one of their bowlers under pressure. I see that less as a thing now.”

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“We’ve seen so many times during this competition that a certain bowler hasn’t bowled their overs because there was a left-hander in the crease, and they just got too far. So I don’t focus on that too much. We’re quite clear on our patterns of play and the things that we want to focus on,” Bobat again shared.

However, many were worried about Josh Hazlewood’s absence. However, he continues his recovery in Australia as he was injured during the league.

“We’ve obviously got [Nuwan] Tushara in the squad, an international bowler chomping at the bit. Understandably, probably frustrated that he can’t get on the field, but I think, when you’re going well, these things happen. Also, Rasikh Dar, a good bowler. So, we’ve got options in the squad, so certainly no concerns,” Bobat said.

“Over the next few days, we’ll think about potential replacements as well. There’s a bit of clamour for that at the minute and lots of teams are doing that. I prefer not to push these things, so we’ll just take our time and have a think about it. We’ve got enough quality in the changing room already,” Mo Bobat concluded.