Ex-Royal Challengers Bengaluru star lashes at the franchise for their choices in 2025 Auction

Former Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) start Mohammad Kaif lashed out at the franchise for their choices in the upcoming season of the Indian Premier League (IPL). The Bengaluru franchise got put into the light when they did not pick their star players and only retained 3 players.

The franchise retained Virat Kohli, Rajat Patidar, and Yash Dayal. They also had 3 Right-to-Match (RTM) cards remaining, but only used 1 of the card for Swapnil Singh.

Kaif shared his views on their decision to le Will Jacks go to Mumbai Indians. After RCB refused to use the RTM card on him, Aakash Ambani went to shake hands with the CEO of RCB.

“Jacks saved their honour last year. RCB came in the top four because of him. I remember two matches. He helped RCB beat SRH (SunRisers Hyderabad) in Hyderabad with his bowling and scored a hundred against GT (Gujarat Titans) in Ahmedabad off 40 balls. So Will Jacks won them two matches on his own and they didn’t take him,” he said.

“RCB said they don’t want good players. They let (Rishabh) Pant and KL (Rahul) go, and he (Jacks) played well for them. It’s not easy for any batter to score a hundred. The RCB fans will be extremely disappointed. We have seen from yesterday (Day 1) that RCB’s auction planning was bad, and today (Day 2) they went from bad to worse. I believe not taking Jacks is a massive miss,” Kaif added.