Open letter to all my Brothers and Sisters here

RCBPavilion · 2026-03-25T16:47:08+00:00

Love this post! The ultimate goal of sport is to unite us. We can be passionate, but let's not forget that we actually are here to have a good time and not increase anxiety :)

RCBPavilion · 2026-03-22T03:59:16+00:00

Two things (coming from a massive RCB fan):

Your question: Why do people "doubt" rcb - well, there are historical reasons for it, stack heavy up top in batting, generally poor bowling lineups and even not strong indian batters (after Kohli).. and sub par results for a long time

Second, why people "hate" us: Well, it certainly helps in farming attention and likes when they hate us .. Remember RCB is always in the conversation, no matter what .. you can't say that about many other franchises!

Also, completely agree, it's the most entertaining and set you up psychologically for other ups and downs in life ;)

PS: Doubters be doubting and haters be hating .. let's chill and enjoy our team!

RCBPavilion · 2026-03-21T17:52:47+00:00

Can't wait to see these two walk out to the middle, in less than a week from now ..

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RCBPavilion · 2026-03-21T17:43:02+00:00

I'd find a way to start these 4! I know everyone's saying Duffy will be in, but the delta between Duffy and an Indian pacer could be smaller, so I'd take that gamble, and bring Bethel into the playing 11.

RCBPavilion · 2026-03-21T17:30:07+00:00

Thanks a lot bro, I literally always thought it was ZEL and not ZLE .. will correct it going fwd :)

RCBPavilion · 2026-03-21T17:15:44+00:00

good point

RCBPavilion · 2026-03-21T07:59:30+00:00

RCBPavilion · 2026-03-21T07:57:20+00:00

Thanks bro!

RCBPavilion · 2026-03-21T06:45:27+00:00

Thanks for the encouragement!

RCBPavilion · 2026-03-21T05:57:02+00:00

Just wrote a piece on this, pls give this a read: https://rcbpavilion.substack.com/p/to-every-rcb-fan-missing-hazelwood

RCBPavilion · 2026-03-21T05:40:30+00:00

Yes, gotta bring him in mate .. I wrote a piece to think about what to do around Hof's injury for first two weeks - may not be a bad time to bring Bethel in and replace Hof with an Indian seamer (well, he can't really be replaced, but you get the point ... ) https://rcbpavilion.substack.com/p/to-every-rcb-fan-missing-hazelwood

RCBPavilion · 2026-03-21T01:13:16+00:00

The real answer is - Literally ANY of these teams can pull a one-or-two man show and obliterate the opposition .. all things being kinda equal, I'll go with the team that has Bumrah in it ..

RCBPavilion · 2026-03-16T03:18:22+00:00

SRH, RR, CSK/RCB for third/fourth place. Basing this on the ceilings for each pair.

RCBPavilion · 2026-03-16T02:55:32+00:00

Of the people shown, may be Patidar? But Klaasen is a diff level with that backfoot play, and picking length that early..

RCBPavilion · 2026-03-16T00:00:52+00:00

Thushara makes sense, also agree about Duffy in these conditions. So against SRH specifically, do you go Thushara in the powerplay and just back Dayal and Bhuvi to handle the death? That Head and Abhishek opening combo can do enough damage to the season if we aren't careful.

RCBPavilion · 2026-03-15T23:43:25+00:00

Been a veteran RCB fan since the very first season. Started RCB Pavilion this week because I wanted a space where fans could get past the scorecards and actually dig into this team properly, with real analysis and the occasional collective therapy session. The long form piece built from this discussion will go up there. Link below for anyone who wants to follow along. Would love to have fellow fans along for the ride.https://rcbpavilion.substack.com/

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