Bad news came as soon as Aryaman Birla became the chairman of RCB, the team’s most lethal bowler withdrew from IPL 2026.

Now only 2 days are left for the start of IPL 2026. RCB team was the winner of IPL in the last season, hence RCB team is going to play the first match of the tournament this season. RCB team is going to play its first match with Sunrisers Hyderabad. Before this, RCB team has got a new owner.

Before IPL 2026, the RCB team has been bought by the consortium led by Aditya Birla Group by paying an amount of US $ 1.78 billion to the Royal Challengers Bangalore team. Meanwhile, a bad news is coming out.

This RCB bowler withdrew his name before IPL 2026

Before IPL 2026, a bad news is coming out about RCB’s star fast bowler Josh Hazlewood. Josh Hazlewood may be out of the initial matches of IPL 2026. Now RCB has suffered a big blow. The 28-year-old star fast bowler, who made RCB win IPL 2025, has been out of the entire tournament due to personal reasons.

According to the information coming out quoting Cricbuzz, this has also been confirmed by RCB. Let us also tell you who is this star fast bowler.

Yash Dayal himself withdrew his name

Availability of players remains a big question for RCB this season. Josh Hazlewood is already out of the initial matches of the tournament due to injury, while Yash Dayal has also decided to stay out of this season. According to the news of Cricbuzz, Dayal has decided not to join the RCB squad this season.

For this he has cited personal reasons. This news has been confirmed by the Director of Cricket of RCB. He has also said that even after this he will remain a part of the contract. He was bought by the franchise for Rs 5 crore in the year 2024 auction.