Poor Vijay Mallya wanted to bid and see Mahendra Singh Dhoni, Robin Uthappa and Brendon McCullum donning his side. But he lands up getting oldies like Boucher, Anil Kumble, Sunil Joshi and Rahul Dravid.

Vijay Mallya can do nothing now he is forced to pay salary for three years to the existing players even if they do not play. That is more money. Mallya should know that in Chennai team it is not Dhoni who is performing well infact he was the sole cause for the loss that the team suffered at the hands of Deccan Chargers. The other local players in Chennai are coming good hence the Chennai team is winning. Mallya should look for local boys and they will perform.

He can always go to ICL, meet Kapil Dev and form a new Bangalore team. In ICL matches Chennai had in them Chennai Super Stars. But there was no team representing Bangalore.

RCB officials blame Dravid for choosing 'conservative' players like himself, RCB officials are now hoping that Dravid resigns from the team on his own.

Instead of bidding for McCullum, it is said that Dravid settled for Mark Boucher, his intention was to save money for Mallya but it has boomeranged.

RCB managers were surprised when 38-year-old Sunil Joshi, a local player, was signed for $30,000 since he is not even part of the Karnataka team. The obvious reason was that "he is a very good friend of Dravid", confirmed an RCB official.

Questions are also being asked on what Kumble is doing in a Twenty20 team. But being the local high profile bowler and the "quite, nice guy type" that Dravid himself is, he was an obvious choice when the captain was picking his team.

Even former RCB CEO Charu Sharma, who has now been replaced by Brajesh Patel, worked out to the team's disadvantage. He is learnt to have suggested that "the boys need to bond, let's go to Ranthambore for four days", after the team lost its first match against Team Mohali, an RCB official said.

The team's chief cricketing officer Martin Crowe's comment after a recent RCB defeat to his colleagues was, "We have tried all strategies, but this team is too old and too slow."

When asked if team owners can change players, IPL commissioner Lalit Modi said, "The rule is fixed for the next three years. There will be eight foreign players in the team out of which four can be inducted in the playing XI. If franchisees want to sign up new players, they are welcome to do so. But in that case, they will have to pay the existing players' salary."

As said before no need to induct foreign players, young talents are abundantly available locally, search for it, induct the young blood and other things will start rolling automatically.