Former India cricketer Virender Sehwag said one of Royal Challengers Bengaluru’s biggest issue is the lack of Indian support staff.
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RCB’s lack of Indian support staff
The RCB squad remains at the bottom of the 10-team points table, having lost six of their seven matches this IPL season.
According to Sehwag, the lack of Indians in RCB’s support staff plays a huge factor in the squad’s current struggle.
The 45-year-old also pointed out that some players ‘don’t even understand English’ when dealing with their foreign staff.
“If you have 12-15 Indian players, just 10 overseas and your entire staff is made of foreigners, that’s an issue,” Sehwag said on Cricbuzz.”
“Only a few of them are international players, rest are all Indians and half of them don’t even understand English.”
“How will you motivate them? Who spends time with them? Who talks to them? I can’t see a single Indian staff member. At least there should be someone who the players can confide in.”
Sehwag said RCB “need at least 2-3 Indian support staff” for the players to get comfortable.
“Players need a comfort level which they are not getting presently. Players go blank in front of captain Faf du Plessis because if he asks something, they will have to answer.”
“If the leader is Indian, you can share what’s going through your mind. But if you do that to an overseas player, you may be left out of the Playing XI in the next game. “
