In three of their five IPL matches this season, Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) have conceded 200 runs or thereabouts. What has been worse is that all of these poor bowling performances have come in Dubai, where none of the other six games, which haven't featured RCB, have seen anything close to 200.

This continues the problem of bowling options for skipper Virat Kohli, especially at the 'death', and if the early trend is anything to go by, it will be this weakness that may again stand in the way of RCB's quest for an IPL title.