Yuzvendra Chahal drops a massive bombshell as he reveals how RCB betrayed him
Yuzvendra Chahal, now a member of the RR, is the all-time highest wicket-taker in the history of IPL.
Leg-spinner Yuzvendra Chahal opened up about his departure from Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) camp ahead of IPL 2022 auction and said that he was angry and disappointed that the franchise didn’t decide to retain him.
In the IPL 2022 auction, the Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) did not go all-out to buy him, as he was bagged by Rajasthan Royals (RR). Chahal has now claimed that RCB promised him they would do their very best to bring him back to the franchise, but nothing of that sort happened during the mega auction.
It was almost a given that he would be retained by the Bangalore franchise ahead of the IPL 2022 mega auction, but RCB stunned everyone by releasing him.
“When I put my name up for the auction, they promised me that they will go all out for me. I said okay, but then I was very angry [He was not picked by RCB]. I think I did not speak to the coaches for 2-3 days. Even when I played my first match for RR against RCB, I did not speak to anyone,” he said on Ranveer Allahbadia’s YouTube channel.
The 32-year-old admitted that he felt very bad because he was emotionally attached to RCB.
“Definitely, I felt very bad. My main journey started [from there] in 2014. I also felt very weird because I played for the franchise for eight years. I would also say that I got the India cap because of my performances for RCB they gave me a chance to perform. From the very first match, Virat [Kohli] bhai showed trust in me. It feels bad because I had been there for eight years,” Chahal added.
The leggie still is the leading wicket-taker in IPL for RCB with 139 scalps in 113 matches at an average of 22.03 from 2014 to 2021.
‘Yuzi ne bahut paise maang liye honge’: Chahal said he was hurt by allegations on why RCB released him
Many theories were floated on social media and news on why Yuzvendra Chahal was not retained by the Royal Challengers Bangalore and the most popular one was that Chahal might have asked to be retained with a lot of money.
Chahal added that what hurt him even further were rumors that he was not retained because he had asked for more money.
“I heard things like, ‘Yuzi ne bahut paise maang liye honge’ [Yuzi must have asked for a lot of money]. Lot of such stuff was coming out. That’s why I clarified in an interview that I had not asked for any specific amount. I know what I deserve. The worst thing, which I felt very bad about, was that I did not receive any phone call. No one even spoke to me. I think I played around 114 [113] games for them. I couldn’t understand what happened suddenly,” he said.
Chahal has been playing for the RR since then and had an amazing IPL 2022 for them, taking 27 wickets including a fifer and a hat-trick, and was the Purple Cap holder for them. In IPL 2023, Yuzvendra Chahal also went past Dwayne Bravo to become the leading wicket-taker in the league's history.