2 min learnUp to date: Mar 24, 2026 02:14 PM IST
After months of uncertainty over his availability, Royal Challengers Bengaluru on Tuesday confirmed that left-arm pacer Yash Dayal won’t function for the defending champions within the IPL 2026 season.
Talking to reporters on Tuesday, RCB Director of Cricket Mo Bobat confirmed that Dayal won’t hyperlink up with the squad as he’s battling private points. Nonetheless, the 29-year-old will likely be retained underneath his enjoying contract with the franchise, Bobat confirmed. Dayal was snapped up for Rs 5 crore by RCB forward of the IPL 2024 season.
“Yash Dayal won’t be part of RCB this season. He’s going by way of a private state of affairs. He stays underneath contract. It was determined in his greatest curiosity,” Babat mentioned, leaving the aspect wanting a key paceman.
The franchise had confronted extreme backlash when Dayal was retained for the IPL 2026 season final December, amid the continued authorized proceedings for a number of rape prices in opposition to him. In July 2025, Dayal was booked on prices of allegedly raping a minor by the Jaipur police. The event got here solely weeks after Dayal was booked on prices of rape following a grievance by a Ghaziabad lady.
In accordance with the Jaipur station home officer (SHO) of the jurisdictional police station, the complainant was a 19-year-old aspiring cricketer who got here into contact with Dayal two years in the past. The girl advised the police that Dayal allegedly promised to assist her in her cricketing profession. Dayal has denied all allegations.
Dayal has not appeared in any aggressive outing since showing in RCB’s victorious IPL 2025 remaining match over Punjab Kings in Ahmedabad final yr. The Uttar Pradesh seamer had picked up 13 wickets in the course of the season, including to the 15 he collected in his first season with the Bengaluru franchise in 2024.
Set to face SunRisers Hyderabad on the M Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bengaluru on Saturday, RCB can even doubtless enter the competition with out their star pacer, Josh Hazlewood, who has but to obtain an NOC from Cricket Australia.