Rajat Patidar, Krunal Pandya, Jitesh Sharma, Suyyash Sharma and Bhuvneshwar Kumar are the major names who are preparing for the title defense under the leadership of the coaching staff. andy flowersBut Dayal’s mysterious absence has already raised eyebrows.Pictures of RCB’s team bus are circulating on social media and Dayal is not seen in them either. Additionally, many of the franchise’s social media posts do not mention the bowler.In a video uploaded on Instagram by his wife Shweta Pundir, Dayal can be seen receiving a throwdown from a side-arm specialist, but he seemed far away from the action in Bengaluru.

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TimesofIndia.com contacted several RCB officials for updates on Dayal, but they are yet to respond. The franchise had retained the cricketer for Rs 5 crore ahead of the mini-auction in Jeddah last year and had faced a lot of criticism at that time due to the legal case against the cricketer.Dayal’s last competitive appearance was in June 2025 when he played for RCB in the IPL final against Punjab Kings. Since then, the bowler has been sidelined from competitive cricket. Uttar Pradesh did not consider him for the entire domestic season. It is learned that the BCCI Center of Excellence had approached the Uttar Pradesh Cricket Association (UPCA) last September to investigate the bowler, but the officials could not establish contact with him. “The case against him was pending, so he was not considered for selection. I remember getting a call from the CoE in September to check on him, but we could not establish any contact with Yash Dayal. He has also changed his number. Even his childhood coach does not know his address,” a UPCA official told TimesofIndia.com. It remains to be seen whether he will play for RCB in this year’s IPL or not.