RCB look for batting flex after fluffing their opening

Thud. Pause. Thud.

A handful of logistics managers walking into the P1 stand on an idyllic and warm Sunday afternoon in Bengaluru's Chinnaswamy Stadium received the above, all-too-familiar acoustic welcome. It was the sound of RCB's batters practising their range hitting and sending projectiles into unoccupied chairs around the ground. The homecoming hope is for the 'thud' to be replaced by a celebratory crowd roar. After a false start in Chennai, RCB have a run of three home games in an eight-day window where batting missteps will come with a big price.

The Monday night fixture against Punjab Kings is a first opportunity to see if the Andy Flower and Mo Bobat combine have an alternate theory to playing on this