NEW DELHI, April 28: South African all-rounder Jacques Kallis is apparently not the favourite to lead the Royal Challengers Bangalore once Kevin Pietersen leaves, if their fiery coach Ray Jennings is to be believed.

Jennings felt that with Kallis struggling with both bat and ball, the issue of Bangalore’s captaincy in IPL-2 was still open and there were number of candidates to take over the job.

"It is still open. I need to sit down and discuss with the management what we need to do. If Jacques plays, obviously he might be captain. But if he doesn’t play we have other guys like Boucher, Kumble and even Dravid (when he comes back) who are capable of leading the team," Jennings was quoted as saying.

This contradicts an earlier announcement from team owner Vijay Mallya who had said that that Kallis would take over from Pietersen. Mallya had factored in Dravid’s likely absence from the IPL-2 to attend to his baby when he named Pietersen as captain instead of the former India skipper.

"Obviously, after Pietersen who leaves after Wednesday’s match against Kolkata Knight Riders, we have to look at the performance of the side and then see who is the best guy to lead the side," Jennings said.

Jennings also hauled up his team for poor performance. "I’m disappointed with the results like everybody else from Bangalore. I’m disappointed in the performance of some of the players. Our fielding has not been upto scratch and we haven’t done well both with the ball and bat in the first and the last six overs," Jennings said.

"I don’t think too many players have risen to the occasion in one game. That goes for everybody. There are not too many players who have walked away with results that would make an impact on the field," he told a web-site.