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Royal Challengers Banglore: IPL 2020 Preview

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Virat Kohli is still on the quest of a maiden IPL Trophy. Will he win it this time around? Let's see! "Yeah, very happy. To be fair, pretty much went according to plan." Mike Hesson, RCB's Director of Cricket Operations, made this statement after the auctions, conducted on the 19th of December in Kolkata, had concluded.  Heading into the auction, the RCB management had as much as 27.1 crores in their pocket. With new structural changes made- Hesson as the Director Cricket Operations and Simon Katich as the Head Coach- and as many as 12 players released - including midseason replacement Dale Steyn - RCB was left with 13 players. They had a mighty task ahead of themselves.  The RCB team has always looked good on paper but has never managed to replicate its quality in the form of an IPL trophy. Twelve seasons have gone by, and RCB has managed to make it to the finals only on three occasions: 2009, 2011, and 2016. However, they have never managed to lift