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'You can't always rely on Virat'

New Delhi: It's high time India's domestic players step up for Royal Challengers Bengaluru this IPL season and reduce the dependence on Virat Kohli, former India pacer Varun Aaron said on Sunday.

Kohli has been the standout performer for RCB this IPL season and is the current Orange Cap holder with 361 runs in 7 innings.

His strike rate is 147.34, with the highest score being 113 not out. Aaron said, "It's just that RCB are not finding the rhythm, the domestic players are not stepping up."

In 2014, Aaron was bought by RCB for Rs 2 crore, and was retained by the franchise ahead of the 2016 auction.

Australia's former skipper in the limited overs for mats, Aaron Finch feels RCB needs an explosive middle-order batter who can complement Kohli.

"He has Kohli) scored a lot of runs everywhere. He's a modern day great. And I think the fact that he's getting runs and RCB are still not making it is a positive sign in one degree.

"It's that when Virat is playing well, that genuinely carries the rest of the players with him.

"They just need to find a partnership with him, they need to find an explosive middle order player, " Finch said. RCB lost the IPL match to KKR on Sunday continuing its losing streak. (PTI)