Royal Challengers Bengaluru's auction plan falls apart as they fail to secure Will Jacks: 'A disastrous turn of events'

Kaif emphasized that Jacks was instrumental in RCB's remarkable transformation during the second half of the IPL 2024 season, contributing significantly to their consecutive victories and securing a spot in the playoffs.

"Jacks saved their honor last year. RCB came in the top four because of him. I remember two matches. He helped RCB beat SRH (SunRisers Hyderabad) in Hyderabad with his bowling and scored a hundred against GT (Gujarat Titans) in Ahmedabad off 40 balls. So Will Jacks won them two matches on his own and they didn't take him," Kaif said on Jio Cinema.

In the last season with RCB, he scored 230 runs in eight matches, including a century and fifty and was also handy with the ball.

Kaif said that it seems like RCB was in no mood to sign the good players as they let go off Rishabh Pant, KL Rahul, and Jacks despite having a big purse entering the auction. However, he claimed not using RTM for Jacks at INR 5.25 crore was a big blunder for them.

"RCB said they don't want good players. They let (Rishabh) Pant and KL (Rahul) go, and he (Jacks) played well for them. It's not easy for any batter to score a hundred. The RCB fans will be extremely disappointed. We have seen from yesterday (Day 1) that RCB's auction planning was bad, and today (Day 2) they went from bad to worse. I believe not taking Jacks is a massive miss," Kaif added.