Bangalore Royal Challengers

Dravid yet to be named skipper of Royal Challengers: Mallya

Bangalore Royal Challengers owner Vijay Mallya on Sunday made it clear that he had not yet finalised Rahul Dravid as captain of his Indian Premier League outfit.

Reacting to media reports claiming Dravid had been retained as skipper of the side, a not-too-amused Mallya said, “Who said so? After all, I’m the boss of the team. I’ll decide who will be the captain.”

Asked whether he had already made up his mind on retaining Dravid as the captain, Mallya said he will talk to the senior India batsman before taking a final call. “I’m going to talk to Rahul in this regard. He is a mature, educated and an intelligent man,” Mallya said.

The Bangalore side cut a sorry figure in the first edition of the IPL and Mallya didn’t hide his disappointment at the composition of the side. Mallya felt his inputs during the IPL auction were completely ignored by Dravid and former CEO Charu Sharma, who eventually got the boot, and the result was a largely Test squad comprising senior players who were not deemed the best choice for the Twenty20 format.

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