RCB RTM Will Jacks IPL Auction 2025: On the second day of the mega auction of IPL 2025, when Will Jacques’ name was mentioned, all eyes were on the management of Royal Challengers Bangalore. Mumbai Indians and Punjab Kings were facing each other from the beginning to buy Jacques, but the name of RCB was not visible anywhere here. Even the Bengaluru team flatly refused to use the right to match card on Jacques. Not only are the fans angry with this decision, Suresh Raina and Mohammad Kaif have also given sharp statements in this regard.
The base price of Will Jacques was actually Rs 2 crore, Mumbai Indians had made their intentions clear from the very beginning. On the other hand, the management of Punjab also seemed to be in a good mood, but after coming to Rs 5 crore, Punjab gave up its insistence. The last bid made by Mumbai was Rs 5.25 crore. Mallika Sagar, who was hosting the auction, could not even finish her sentence about RCB using RTM, before the Bengaluru management shook its head ‘no’.
Mohammad Kaif expressed disappointment
Veteran Indian cricketer Mohammad Kaif said that not buying Will Jacques is a big loss for RCB. Kaif said that Jacques had made an important contribution in taking Bengaluru to the top-4 last season. He said that it was Jacques, with whose help Bengaluru was successful in defeating Gujarat Titans and SRH. Expressing disappointment, Kaif also said that RCB had already missed the opportunity to buy Rishabh Pant and KL Rahul, hence it should have definitely bought Will Jacques. While Suresh Raina also appeared angry with this decision, during a discussion on a live show, he also termed not buying Will Jacques as a big mistake made by Bengaluru.
Fans were stunned
Fans on social media are fiercely criticizing the decisions taken by RCB in the auction. A fan wrote on social media that RCB has betrayed Will Jacques. Meanwhile, most people believe that despite being trolled, Bengaluru has prepared a solid team, but the absence of Will Jacques in it shows a big shortcoming. One fan even said that the fans are loyal to RCB, but the owners of RCB do not care about their fans at all.
@RCBTweets RCB fans have loyalty, but RCB management doesn’t have loyalty. They forgot the word loyalty. I don’t think so; This time we can say Ee Sala Cup Namde.
I couldn’t understand why they did not pick mohammed siraj & will jacks. Out of syllabus for #rcbfans— Sagarjit Bhuyan (@SagarjitBhuyan) November 26, 2024
The biggest mistake of RCB Management. @RCBTweets betrayed Will Jacks 💔🥲 pic.twitter.com/i3i8evocMO
— Nishika Agarwal (@sassynish_18) November 26, 2024
