Oh! Royal Challengers Bangalore's biggest mistake? A player who took only one wicket in his career was made bowling coach

RCB New Bowling Coach: Royal Challengers Bangalore has taken another big decision before IPL 2025. The franchise has appointed a former cricketer as the bowling coach who has taken one wicket in his career. On the other hand, the team's star batsman Virat Kohli has 4 wickets in IPL.

Bengaluru: On one hand, the auction for the 2025 season of the Indian Premier League is to be held, on the other hand, Royal Challengers Bangalore is waiting for its first title. It has started recruiting its support staff to complete the preparations for the mega auction. It is reported that it has appointed Mumbai senior team head coach Omkar Salvi as bowling coach. There is no official information, but Omkar Salvi's contract with MCA is ending. The surprising thing is that Virat Kohli has more wickets in IPL than the number of wickets Omkar Salvi has taken in his career.

Omkar Salvi has only one wicket in his List-A career. However, he played only one match for Railways. On the other hand, if we talk about the former captain of the team, Virat Kohli, he has taken 4 wickets in IPL, much more than Salvi. In this way, Dinesh Karthik will be seen as the batting coach in the team, who was playing the role of finisher for this team till last season. Andy Flower will be seen in the role of head coach of the team.

IND vs AUS: Pat Cummins, Mitchell Starc and Josh Hazlewood... If Indian batsmen do these 5 things, they will blow them away!

• Indian batsmen were playing Test series at home for a long time. Now they will get different conditions in Australia, so they need to change their template the most. This will be just like keeping your senses even in excitement. The Australians will not only try to provoke the Indian team mentally, but will also want them to respond more aggressively, but doing so can be dangerous.
• Shot selection is most important on bouncy and fast pitches. Many times shot selection not only helps in taking the innings forward but is also important to score maximum runs. If Virat Kohli plays cover drive well then it is both a boon and dangerous for him. The opposing team would like him to play this shot and if he repeats the same shot on 6 balls of an over then obviously he will make a mistake at some point.
• Josh Hazlewood is a Test specialist bowler. He can bowl hundreds of balls on the same line. This is his weapon, but the batsman cannot play the same shot in the same way every time. On the other hand, left-handed Mitchell Starc is always dangerous for right-handed batsmen. Missing the ball that goes outside his off stump is the biggest crime. Tall Pat Cummins is an expert in taking wickets on every pitch. Therefore, Indian batsmen must face all these with a strong strategy.
• The Indian team always has problems with pace and bounce. The fast bowlers of the host Australia will want to take advantage of their fast pitches, so the Indian team will have to always keep the scorecard moving. This will help in putting pressure on the host team. Rahul Dravid's idea can be useful here. First look at the ball, understand it, evaluate it, and then play the shot, if it is not necessary then leave it.
• At the beginning of the last tour, Ricky Ponting had said in the commentary about Rishabh Pant that he could get out like this. Pant returned to the pavilion within a few minutes of getting out in the same way. However, Pant managed himself in the later matches. Here too, the batsmen will have to avoid being predictable. If the commentator knows their shortcomings, then the bowler comes on the field with a complete plan.

Salvi, however, can be called a big name in coaching in the domestic circuit. He has worked as an assistant coach of Kolkata Knight Riders. Those who do not know Omkar Salvi should know that he is the brother of Avishkar Salvi, who has played in the Indian team. Under Omkar's coaching, Mumbai won the Ranji Trophy title, while the Punjab team won the Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy. He was also the coach of Mumbai in the winning Irani Trophy. It is possible that due to this profile, RCB may have included him in the support staff, but his appointment as a bowling coach and being less successful as a bowler is a bit disappointing for this role.

If we look at it, the coach does not have much freedom to do for a team like Mumbai. Most of the players on the team are from the international circuit. Currently, the team has players like Ajinkya Rahane, who has captained India, ace batsman Shreyas Iyer, veteran all-rounder Shardul Thakur, Under-19 World Cup-winning captain Prithvi Shaw, Shivam Dubey and Tushar Deshpande.

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