‘Supporting Mohammed Siraj With More Bowling Options Real Priority’: RCB Director of Cricket

Royal Challengers Bangalore launched a number of high quick bowlers forward of the IPL 2024 public sale and will likely be trying to construct a robust group of pacers to assist Mohammed Siraj.

RCB didn’t qualify for the playoffs final season and launched the likes of Harshal Patel, Josh Hazlewood, David Willey, Wayne Parnell and Siddarth Kaul amongst others.

Mo Bobat, who was named RCB Director of Cricket earlier this 12 months, says for them the ‘real priority’ is to construct a robust pool of bowlers.

“Mohammad Siraj is a core part of what we do so supporting Siraj with some more bowling options including overseas bowling options is going to be a real priority for us moving forward. Then we have got a core of local spinners, which I think is quite strong. Some of them got some opportunities over the last year or two and they might play more leading roles moving forward,” Bobat mentioned.

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“We have got a strong core of retaining players, and we have got a very powerful top order. Part of the decision-making that we had around our player release decisions was to try and strengthen the middle order and bringing Cameron Green was a fantastic move,” he added.

Bobat defined the qualities they’re trying within the quick bowlers to be half of their squad.

“Naturally cricket tends to get attracted to and gravitate towards things like the control and the lateral movement of fast bowlers but what we should be doing is identifying players that have the pace and the balance,” Bobat mentioned. “The reason I draw that distinction is you can teach someone to ball accurately, you can teach someone to develop craft and lateral movement but it is not that easy to teach pace or manufacture balance because you are talking about their release height and their physicality. So understanding that distinction between which of those attributes we need to identify and which of those things we can teach over time is a really important distinction.”

Bobat additionally underscored the importance of fostering the precise efficiency surroundings and tradition for gamers to showcase their capabilities. “I am committed to a long-term project here. We have a fantastic captain in Faf, and an excellent group of senior players with the experience of Virat, Maxi (Maxwell), and DK (Dinesh Karthik). So the ingredients are really strong,” he mentioned.

“The next objective is to make sure we create the right performance, and culture where the players can really go and showcase what they are capable of, and go out and entertain the public. If we commit to our processes, play a brand of cricket that is aggressive, and have those moments where we’re prepared to be brave it will get the fans going,” he added.