RCB: The 17th season of the Indian Premier League is passing like a nightmare for Royal Challengers Bengaluru. They have won only 1 out of 7 matches played this season. At the same time, he had to face defeat in 6 matches. Not only this, now the danger of being out of the playoff race is also looming over RCB.

On Monday, Bengaluru faced Sunrisers Hyderabad and in this high scoring match too, they had to face defeat by 25 runs. A veteran player became very disappointed with this defeat of RCB and he requested BCCI to sell the franchise.

The veteran requested to sell RCB

India's legendary tennis player Mahesh Bhupathi has become quite disappointed due to back to back defeats to Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB). He has requested BCCI to sell the franchise. Mahesh believes that now the condition of RCB can improve only after the arrival of the new owner. Sharing a post on social media platform X, he wrote,

“For the sake of this game, for the sake of the IPL, for the sake of the fans and even for the sake of the players I think BCCI should sell RCB. The team needs a new owner. Now only the new owner can make the team a better franchise, the way other teams are.”

RCB on the verge of being out of the playoffs

To reach the playoffs in IPL, teams need at least 16 points. That means teams have to win 8 out of 14 matches. At the same time, RCB has played 7 matches this season and has got only 1 win. In such a situation, they will have to win their next 7 matches or depend on the results of other teams. Currently they are at the bottom 10th position in the points table. He has 2 points in his account and his run rate is -1.185.

RCB registered its only win against Punjab Kings. Apart from this, they had to face defeat against Hyderabad, Mumbai, Rajasthan, Lucknow, Kolkata and Chennai.

This was the condition of RCB vs SRH match

In the match played between Royal Challengers Bangalore and Sunrisers Hyderabad at M Chinnaswamy Stadium on Monday, the visiting team Hyderabad, batting first, scored a huge score of 287/3. This is the biggest score in IPL history. In response, Bengaluru also batted well and scored 262 runs with the loss of 7 wickets, but it was not enough to win and Hyderabad won the match by 20 runs.