India, Dec. 26 -- Legendary India spinner Anil Kumble has made a bold prediction ahead of the next IPL season, focusing on Royal Challengers Bengaluru. He suggested that their recent recruit, Venkatesh Iyer, could find it tough to make it into the playing XI in the initial matches. With RCB's squad stacked with established all-rounders and match-winners, they added another proven IPL star in Venky Iyer to strengthen their side. The Madhya Pradesh star had caught RCB's attention in the previous auction, leading to a fierce bidding battle with KKR that pushed his price past INR 20 crore. This year, however, RCB secured him for a much lower INR 7 crore.

Kumble offered his take on RCB's strategy ahead of the next IPL season. He suggested tha...