Overview

• Bobat said RCB let Mohammed Siraj go because retaining him would have made signing Bhuvneshwar Kumar difficult.
• Bhuvneshwar was bought for about ₹10.75 crore and took 17 wickets in 14 games as RCB won their first IPL title on June 3 in Ahmedabad.
• Siraj joined Gujarat Titans for roughly ₹12–12.5 crore and delivered 16 wickets in 15 matches.
• Bobat said Virat Kohli pledged full support for Rajat Patidar’s rookie captaincy, with the idea first discussed in Dharamsala in 2024.
• Aakash Chopra questioned Bobat’s claim that RCB ‘nudged’ Patidar into MP captaincy, while Bobat also linked a bid for Venkatesh Iyer to purse space from releasing Yuzvendra Chahal before RCB withdrew near ₹23.5 crore.