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Like the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2025 Approaches, Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) is in a critical moment. Despite being one of the most popular and followed franchises, RCB’s wait for his first IPL title has now entered its 18th season. This year the team has undergone several changes, including a new captain in Skateboardand a restructured template intended to break the long -term trophy drought. However, former RCB lead coach Mike Hessonwhich guided the team to three playoff appearances between 2019 and 2023, has given a harsh control of reality.
RCB’s long search for an IPL title
Since the first season of 2008, RCB has been one of the most popular teams in the competition, but it has not yet raised the trophy so coveted. The team has played 242 games, with 117 wins, and is the fourth most successful team in the IPL in terms of victories. But while teams like The Mumbai Indians (MI)Chennai Super Kings (CSK) and Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) They have won successively, RCB has always been short.
Its best years were in 2011 and 2016 when they made the final, but were defeated by CSK and SRH, respectively. They passed the table for only seven seasons, while in 2017 and 2019, their worst seasons ended at the end of the table. Although they ended with IPL 2024 in a high note, winning six games in a row to get a playoff site, their season stopped at the eliminator against Rajasthan Royals (RR). Rcb now, with Skateboard As a new captain, his IPL 2025 campaign will begin against the defense of the KKR champions on March 22 at Eden Gardens.
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Mike Hesson’s prediction for IPL 2025
Hesson, who played an important role in the three RCB playoff appearances between 2020 and 2022, examined the team’s battle depth and the overall balance of the squad before sharing his prediction.
“ So, in 2025, I look at the teams, the strengths, and I look at the gaps in this team, probably more around the depth. Instead of the hand of the heart, from my head to my head, I look at it and, really, I can’t see RCB a push for playoffs, unfortunately, this year. This is only to observe the facts and depth of the other teams. ” He said Hesson on his YouTube channel.
Hesson also elaborated that while RCB has made some interesting changes in teams, they still have significant weaknesses that could hurt them. He believes that other teams have stronger and stronger teams, which is constantly difficult to compete with the RCB at the highest level. Hesson said he expected his forecast to be incorrect, with an admission that the RCB also retains quality players who could prove the wrong one.
“I am considering if they will be a kind of sixth or seventh or a fraction below with regard to the power of other teams. This will be unpopular, I know. But it is from my brain, not my heart. And I think RCB will end this ninth season,” Hesson concluded.
