Cricketer Yash Dayal accused of raping minor; second case against RCB star

Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) speedster Yash Dayal has been accused of raping a minor, and a FIR has been registered against him by the Jaipur Police.

The 27-year-old cricketer from Uttar Pradesh is already facing charges of sexual exploitation from a woman in Ghaziabad who has alleged that Dayal abused her after promising to marry her during a five-year relationship

As per news agency PTI, SHO of Jaipur's Sanganer Sadar police station Anil Jaiman said that the latest FIR was registered on Wednesday.

FIR was registered against Yash Dayal for rape under relevant sections of POCSO (Protection of Children from Sexual Offences) act and the BNS (Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita)," he said in Jaipur on Friday (July 25, 2025).

According to police, the victim has alleged that RCB star raped her first in 2023 when she was 17, and a similar assault took place in April this year at a hotel in the Sitapura area.

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"She alleged that the cricketer had promised help and support in her career. He contacted her in April this year when he was in Jaipur for IPL and called her to the hotel where he allegedly raped her again," the SHO said, adding that the matter was under investigation.

The RCB speedster has not yet issued any clarification on any statement on either of the two cases so far. Dayal made his debut for Uttar Pradesh in 2018 and has since played 27 first-class games, claiming 84 wickets. He has appeared in 71 T20 matches that have yielded 66 scalps.

Dayal started his IPL career with the Gujarat Titans in 2022 before moving to RCB, which bought him for ₹5 crore in the 2024 players’ auction. He was retained by the Bengaluru team for this year’s season too and was a key member of the trophy-winning outfit under Rajat Patidar.