The nature of IPL is such that constant churn is inevitable. Still, not retaining one of the franchise's key players, who has helped the side flourish over the years, is something which does come as a jolt. It is what occurred as soon as the news was out regarding Mohammed Siraj being released into the mega auction. The Royal Challengers Bengaluru Director of Cricket Mo Bobat admitted that it wasn't an easy decision because of Siraj's warm relationship with former skipper Virat Kohli aside from his broad diversity in bowling skills. Also Read | 'Hopefully now we can take a few more wickets,'- Daryl Mitchell Aims for a Clean Sweep against India in Mumbai Here is what Bobat exressed by the official RCB website “Probably the discussion that took up the most time for us actually was our decision to whether we retain or release Mohammed Siraj. When he's got his tail up, he's got that real fire that you can see that becomes infectious for the rest of the team. He bounces quite strongly off Virat and those two as a combination have been quite powerful. It was a big decision for us to make to not retain Siraj because of all of those skills and attributes,” Bobat attributed this to the think tank wanting to optimize the bowling group based on the needs of their home venue with Yash Dayal at the core around the mega auction picks they will be making. “We've come to think that given some of the unique elements of performing at the Chinnaswamy, we feel quite strongly that we need a lot of variety in our attack. We want to give ourselves as many options as possible going into the auction to look at how we complement that with Yash and with our other overseas picks so that we can be as effective with the ball as possible,” mentioned Bobat. Siraj represented RCB since 2018. The last couple of seasons were the two most prolific for Siraj, when he took overall of 34 wickets.