IPL 2020 in UAE: At what position will Aaron Finch, Virat Kohli come out to bat? RCB team director Mike Hesson answers

In the mini-auction that took place in December 2019, Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) purchased Australia limited-overs captain Aaron Finch and his inclusion in the team is like the missing puzzle in the squad.

However, with the addition of the Australian batsman, one big question that arises is that at what position will Finch come out to bat?

RCB have used Parthiv Patel and Virat Kohli as openers in the past and the inclusion of Finch might change that. Finch, is known as one of the best openers in the world, and it would make little sense to shift him down the order. However, who will he be replacing at the top is what RCB Team director Mike Hesson was asked.

Mike Hesson said he chooses to keep his cards close to his chest. “It’s really interesting, I did a couple of hours of the press conference but never talked about where Virat is batting or where Aaron finch is gonna bat or they’re opening the batting together.

"In reality from a director or coach point of view we wouldn’t wanna tell anybody exactly what our line-up is because that’s our strategy,” Hesson said in a video uploaded on RCB official Twitter handle. 

August 28, 2020

“We wanna keep some of those things up our sleeves in terms of where we use players. We know we’re going to be asked many questions about who’s going to bat where... You just have to wait,” the former Kiwi coach added.

“We’re well aware of what we want but we also wanna keep our opposition guessing,” Hesson further said.

As for the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2020, it kicks off from September 19th in the UAE, with the final set to be played on November 10th.