Jacob Bethell: Royal Challengers Bangalore has suffered a big blow before the IPL 2026 playoff matches. Team’s star player Jacob Bethel is returning to England due to injury.
Jacob Bethell: IPL 2026 has now reached its last phase and the excitement of the playoff matches is at its peak. Meanwhile, defending champion Royal Challengers Bangalore has suffered a big blow. Team’s star player Jacob Bethel is leaving the tournament midway due to injury and returning to his country. This news, which came just before the playoffs, has increased the concern of RCB team management and fans.
Actually, Royal Challengers Bangalore’s top order batsman Jacob Bethel got injured during the league match against Punjab Kings on May 17. The finger of his left hand was injured during the match. Because of which he is returning to England. According to the report of Cricbuzz, the 22-year-old star player will not play for RCB in the upcoming playoffs. Let us tell you, Bethel has played seven matches for RCB this season in which he has scored a total of 96 runs.
The England Cricket Board issued a statement saying that the medical team will monitor Jacob Bethel upon his return. Only after this will it be decided whether he will be available for the first Test match against New Zealand starting from June 4 at Lord’s or not.
Let us tell you, due to a finger injury, Bethel could not play RCB’s last league match against Sunrisers Hyderabad. In his place, the team had Venkatesh Iyer open with Virat Kohli. Iyer played a brilliant inning of 44 runs in 19 balls in this match. At the same time, for the playoff matches, RCB has the option of Phil Salt, who is returning to the team after being out of the tournament for a month due to a finger injury.
