Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) have now won both their matches in IPL 2026 more than comprehensively and "are setting great standards for themselves," in Ambati Rayudu's words. Chennai Super Kings (CSK), on the other hand, have lost all their three games so far. Two by a distance. One slightly less so. And, as Aaron Finch put it, "that's worrying signs".
On Sunday night in Bengaluru, CSK were in the game for three-fourths of the first innings. And then they were battered into submission by Tim David. Their bowling plans for the death overs were not in evidence.
Was the problem with the plan then? Or was it down to execution?