IPL 2024: 'Faf should have bowled Maxwell in powerplay', Vaughan, Moody slam RCB's bowling tactics after KKR loss

RCB's bowlers were under scrutiny after the defeat, with three of their six bowlers going for an economy rate of over 10. Michael Vaughan and Tom Moody criticised RCB's bowlers, with the former saying that RCB won't be able to win the IPL this year.

Michael Vaughan and Tom Moody have slammed RCB's bowling tactics against KKR. PTI

FirstCricket Staff|Mar 30, 2024, 15:27:26 IST

Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) suffered a seven-wicket defeat to Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) in an IPL 2024 match at the Chinnaswamy Stadium on Friday. That was RCB's second loss in three games this season after going down to Chennai Super Kings (CSK) in the season opener. RCB's bowlers were under scrutiny after the defeat, with three of their six bowlers going for an economy rate of over 10. Phil Salt and Sunil Narine took on the RCB bowlers with ease before Venkatesh Iyer was ruthless with his fifty. KKR chased down a total of 183 with more than three overs to spare.

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Former England cricket Michael Vaughan slammed RCB's bowlers and predicted that winning the IPL this year would be an impossible task. “Impossible for @RCBTweets to win the IPL with this bowling attack .. #OnOn #IPL2024live,” Vaughan posted on 'X'.

Tom Moody, former Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) coach, suggested RCB bring in Reece Topley and Lockie Ferguson with Alzarri Joseph proving to be ineffective. "#RCB have no choice but to play two overseas specialist pace bowlers. #Ferguson and #Topley must start. #IPL24," posted Moody.

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