Pat Cummins’ Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) registered a comfortable 25-run win against Faf du Plessis-led Royals Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) in the 30th match of IPL 2024 match on April 15 at the M Chinnaswamy in Bengaluru. With this defeat, RCB remained at the bottom of the points table as they failed to win any of their last six matches. RCB's loss to SRH resulted in some strong reactions from fans with Tennis legend Mahesh Bhupathi also coming with a strong reaction. He urged the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) to sell RCB to a new owner who can rebuild the franchise.
"For the sake of the Sport, the IPL, the fans and even the players I think BCCI needs to enforce the Sale of RCB to a new owner who will care to build a sports franchise the way most of the other teams have done so," Bhupathi wrote on ‘X’ (formerly known as Twitter)
IPL 2024 has been tough season for RCB as they are languishing at the bottom of the table with just two points and a net run rate of -1.185 with six losses out of seven.
Currently, RCB are owned by United Spirits Limited. Vijay Mallya also served as the team owner from 2008 to 2016. Bhupathi discussed the need to bring in the change of ownership. He clinched 12 Grand Slam titles in doubles and mixed doubles.
Former England captain Michael Vaughan also recently shared his opinion about what is wrong with RCB. He went on to say that despite having big names in the franchise still they failed to fire as a team in the ongoing season of the IPL.
“What I like about the fact the RCB have never won is it proves to me that team sport is not just about individuals. You can go and buy all the biggest individual names and put them into a team but it doesn’t mean you’re going to win and it’s been proven at the RCB,” Vaughan said on The Ranveer Show on YouTube.
“They’ve they’ve signed some incredible players - AB de Villiers, Virat Kohli, Glenn Maxwell, Faf - unbelievable players. But it tells you unless you get the whole team operating and every single play knowing the roles and identifying different roles for different people and it might be that you have to rejig your team slightly just to allow someone else to flourish in a different position I don’t see the RCB s doing that.”
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