Kamal Ghorui
BENGALURU : Putting speculation around Yash Dayal to rest, Royal Challengers Bengaluru’s director of cricket Mo Bobat on Tuesday confirmed that the leftarm pacer will not be part of this season’s IPL. Dayal, who has been dealing with legal issues, has not joined the RCB squad, which began training at the M Chinnaswamy Stadium last week. He has also been notably absent from the franchise’s social media posts, further fuelling uncertainty over his statusBobat said, “Yash will not be joining the squad as he is going through a personal situation. We’ve been very supportive of Yash to date and that’s reflected in the opportunity to either retain or release players. He remains under contract. We are communicating with him regularly but it has been decided that it is not in his or the franchise’s best interest for him to join up with us at this point.”
Dayal, who has been facing criminal charges since July last year, missed the entire domestic season for UP. “Yash’s situation has been tricky. We went into our auction planning for a worst-case scenario, so we have recruited accordingly. We have some excellent domestic bowlers who are potential options,” added Bobat.RCB’s bowling concerns have been compounded by the continued absence of Australian quick Josh Hazlewood, who is still recovering from injury.“As soon as CA is happy, he’ll come over,” Bobat said.
