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Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) pacer Yash Dayal volition not beryllium a portion of the broadside for IPL 2026, RCB manager of cricket Mo Bobat said present connected Tuesday.
Bobat added that Dayal, who faces ineligible issues (sexual battle charges), remains nether declaration with RCB, and has the enactment of the franchise arsenic helium “goes done his idiosyncratic situation”.
“Yash volition not beryllium joining up with the squad. He is going done a idiosyncratic concern currently. We’ve been precise supportive of Yash to date. We wanted to clasp him, and helium remains nether declaration and volition continue, successful the abbreviated term, foreseeable (future) to stay nether contract. It has been decided that it is not successful his champion interest, oregon the franchise’s champion interest, for him to articulation up with america astatine this point,” Bobat said successful a property conference.
“He evidently retains our support, helium remains nether contract, and we’ll proceed to talk to him arsenic helium goes done his idiosyncratic situation,” Bobat said.
Dayal’s past competitory lucifer was the IPL 2025 final, aft which RCB retained him for ₹5 crore.
RCB volition proceed to hold connected accelerated bowler Josh Hazlewood to regain afloat fitness. Bobat did not uncover a timeline connected Hazlewood’s expected return.
“Josh is presently moving done a ‘return-to-play’ programme successful Australia. We are liaising precise intimately with some Josh and Cricket Australia. As soon arsenic helium gets to a constituent wherever Cricket Australia is happy, he’ll travel over,” Bobat said.
Bobat was non-committal connected wherever all-rounder Venkatesh Iyer — a high-profile ₹7 crore signing astatine the auction — tin beryllium slotted successful the XI.
“We haven’t selected a squad for our archetypal crippled yet. Our main nonsubjective astatine the auction was to fortify the squad. We privation contention for places. Adding a subordinate of Venky’s quality, acquisition and calibre is simply a no-brainer,” Bobat said.
