New Delhi, March 25 -- On 24 March, Mo Bobat confirmed that Yash Dayal won't be a part of the Royal Challengers Benguluru squad in IPL 2026. The RCB director of cricket said that Bengaluru had been "very supportive of Yash to date". Now, why is Yash Dayal not playing?

Yash Dayal has serious ongoing legal cases against him. He faces two separate cases. The first is a POCSO case filed in Jaipur by a minor. She claims to be an aspiring cricketer.

The accuser alleges that Dayal has been sexually assaulting her since 2023 while pretending to help her cricket career. A Jaipur special court rejected Dayal's anticipatory bail plea in December 2025.

Another case was registered in Ghaziabad in July 2025, where a woman accused him of sexual and f...