Ambati Rayudu points out why RCB struggle in IPL: ‘This has been happening for over 16 years…’

Rawat though delivered a sparkling cameo on the opening night against Chennai Super Kings and has given assurances that he can handle pressure at this level on Tuesday he struggled to deal with the pace of Mayank Yadav eventually ending up playing a knock of 21-ball 11 which spiked up the run rate sky high. “Your big-name players who are international players who are supposed to take pressure where are they? Are all in the dressing room. This has been happening for over 16 years for this team.” Rayudu would analyze.

The 38-year-old would even go on to say, “This has been their story. When there is pressure we cannot find any big-name players all young players are coming down the order. Your big-name players go to the top of the order and eat the cream. A team like this will never win. This is the reason why they have not won IPL thus far.”

Poor home record

Ahead of the season, RCB’s win percentage at Chinnaswamy Stadium reads 46.51. To put it in perspective, Chennai has a win percentage of 70.96 at Chepauk, Mumbai 62.33 at Wankhede, Sunrisers Hyderabad 62% at Uppal, and Kolkata Knight Riders 57.31 at Eden Gardens. And they have had another poor start to the campaign this year, winning only one home game out of three and already lingering at the bottom of the table.