With players like Virat Kohli, Rajat Patidar and Phil Salt, it's easy to forget Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) They have a strong bowling unit that played a key role in helping them win their first Indian Premier League (IPL) title last time.
Last season, there were three RCB bowlers in the top 10 list of highest wicket takers. This suggests that amidst the many superstar batsmen, the Bengaluru-outfit was equally helped by the bowling unit to help them win the elusive trophy.
With a strong squad last time around, RCB have made minimal changes to their personnel for 2026 thus keeping the same core of bowlers that helped them achieve great things in 2025.
Here are the top three bowlers of the RCB team to keep an eye on:
3. Krunal Pandya
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Not only for his bowling but also for his all-round skills. Krunal Pandya This will continue to be the key to RCB's success during the 2026 IPL season. The spin bowler was an unsung hero with the ball last time out, taking 17 wickets at an economy rate of 8.23.
Krunal's spin gave RCB valuable control in the middle overs, while also posing genuine wicket-taking threat. His best bowling performance of 4 for 45 was against Mumbai Indians, where his team won by 12 runs, their first win at the Wankhede Stadium in 10 years.
Krunal is probably not the player who swings the cricket ball the most, nor does he have many mystery options. However, the 34-year-old player is renowned for being extremely accurate and not giving much space to the batsmen to free their arms.
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