Virat Kohli and Death Bole Dependence

On Sunday, Punjab Kings had not had any team before in the IPL. Shreyas Iyer led the charge to help PBK pursuing 200+ against Mumbai Indians to become the first team. Now, on Tuesday, PBK aims to win what his first IPL title could be since the establishment of the tournament. They face an enthusiastic and in-form Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB), which promises to be a blockbuster clash.

RCB assigned an embarrassment to Punjab Kings when the two teams faced qualifiers 1 in Chandigarh. PBK was shot for 101, the third lowest total in a playoff game. Now in Ahmedabad, Iyer & Company took revenge and the first title for franchise. Here, on insidessport.in, we see 3 weaknesses that Punjab Kings can target their IPL drought.

Kohli, dependence on salt

RCB has done well this season to reduce the burden on Virat Kohli’s shoulders. RCB has replaced several stars with bat, a record 10 batsmen scored a half -century for them in IPL 2025. Nevertheless, those exploits are still aid by Kohli’s stability at the top. Virat scored 614 runs in 14 matches this season, scoring 600 or more runs.

He is the lead run-goldter of RCB this season, a distant place with 387 with Phil Salat. The former captain has central to keep the innings together, while the rest of the batting order becomes harder than the ball 1. Virat Kohli’s runs have come at a strike rate of 146.53, with a half-sensitivity in every other environment. His record in Ahmedabad is extraordinary, with 477 runs in 12 games with 68.14 average. His partnership with Salt is important for RCB opportunities and Punjab will be expected to end the same.

Punjab Kings will be hopeful that Arshdeep Singh can give him initial success. The left-armor has scored 36 runs in the powerplay with his 77 IPL career wickets. For the company with Kyle Jaimison, Shreyas would be expected to claim early dominance. Jaimisson rejected Kohli in the WTC final in 2021 and would expect the same to repeat the same on Tuesday.

Death bowling

Josh Hazelwood has had a bright light of RCB this season, but others have a lot of work to do. RCBs especially struggle in death overs, both Bhuvneshwar Kumar and Yash Dayal prove to be expensive. Bhubaneswar has accepted the economy of 10.46 in 16-20 overs. For Dayal, it is 13.33, while Romario Shepherd has a rate of 12 economy. Hazelwood in compars claims to accept only 9 runs per over.

If Shres and co -co -hazelwood can navigate overs, RCB can be very weak. Punjab Kings did this with Jasprit Bumrah on Sunday and a similar show could hand over the upper hand to the IPL 2025 finals.

Scattered middle order

Rajat Patidar had a scary scary in the last few matches, who were suffering from injury. Mayank Agarwal has not fully given the replacement of Devdutt Padikkal, while Liam is out of the Livingstone form. Tim David’s fitness is also a concern. While they have turned into moments, RCB’s top orders have been their main run-goldrs. With Chahal fit and the possibility of playing, the order between RCB must turn on. Will the RCB openers to falter to stack the pressure in the middle overs and get the desired results.