BD NarayankarBengaluru, April 14 -- At the M Chinnaswamy Stadium, where boundaries are short and bowlers often look like men who have misplaced their umbrellas just when the monsoon arrives, another IPL evening quietly gathers its usual sense of theatre. This time with the Lucknow Super Giants arriving as challengers to a well-set home force in the Royal Challengers Bengaluru. It is here that RCB have been doing something that feels less like cricket and more like a well-oiled factory, and faintly intimidating for anyone standing in their way.
To call it simply good batting form would be a mistake. That would be like calling a stampede a brisk walk. At this ground, RCB have turned run-making into something almost routine, yet overwhelming....