When the Chennai Super Kings and Royal Challengers Bangalore named their playing XIs for the tournament opener last week, the first thought that came to mind was, how can two domestic teams go in with such diametrically opposite bowling attacks on the same track? But for all his fantastic feats with the bat, Virat Kohli's ability to pick the right XI has always come under the scanner, whatever the format and whichever team he's leading.

Going by the first game at least, the presence of Gary Kirsten, who was head coach when India won the 2011 World Cup but here in RCB is restricted to being part of a 'coaching leadership group', hasn't made much of a difference.