Before the mini auction for the 19th edition of IPL, a big news related to the current champion RCB (Royal Challengers Bangalore) is coming out. According to reports, the makers of Kantara movie have shown interest in buying RCB. Apart from Kantara, Homebell Films has made blockbuster movies like KGF and Salaar. Talks are currently going on between Homebell and Diago India to buy stake in RCB. Let us tell you that the current company that owns RCB is Diago India.

It is being claimed in the reports that the deal between these two companies can be finalized before IPL 2026. This news came at a time when it came to light that many big companies and businessmen had shown interest in buying RCB. However, it is not yet known which people have talked to Diago India to buy RCB.

RCB and Homebell have worked together

It has also been said in the report that both have worked together before. Homebell Films is the official digital partner of RCB from 2023. The company has run several engagement campaigns for the team, creating creative promos and cinematic match teasers. Now a report claimed that the company wants to buy stake in RCB.

Adani to Kamat are showing interest

It is reported that Gautam Adani, Devyani International, Zerodha co-founder Nikhil Kamat, JSW Group, Serum Institute owner Adar Poonawala have also shown interest in buying stake in Royal Challengers Bangalore. However, it is not known who has officially sent the proposal to RCB.

Royal Challengers Bangalore will play in the upcoming edition (IPL 2026) as the defending champion. The team won its first IPL title after 18 years in the last edition. After becoming the champion, Diago India had announced that it was selling its stake in the team, estimating the value of the team at around Rs 17,000 crore.

RCB’s retention list for IPL 2026

On November 15, the retention list of RCB was also released along with all the 10 teams. The franchise has retained Virat Kohli, Rajat Patidar, Devdutt Padikkal, Jitesh Sharma, Phil Salt, Swapnil Singh, Krunal Pandya, Romario Shepherd, Tim David, Josh Hazlewood, Jacob Bethel, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Yash Dayal, Nuwan Tushar, Rasik Salam, Suyyash Sharma and Abhinandan Sharma.

Preparations are going on for the auction for the 19th edition of the Indian Premier League, meanwhile a new news has come related to the sale of Royal Challengers Bangalore. There was news of this for the last few days, but now the report has revealed that the sale process of RCB has started. This process will be finished before the next season. According to the report, the current owner of the franchise, Diageo itself has announced this. RCB, which has been a part of the league since 2008, had won its first IPL title in the last edition (2025), this was also the first title of Virat Kohli who has been playing for this team since the first season.

RCB men’s team plays in IPL and women’s team plays in WPL. There was speculation about the sale of RCB for a long time, but now the franchise owner Diageo itself has confirmed it. According to the report of Cricbuzz, the information about the sale of the team has been given by Diageo itself.

In a message to the Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE) on Wednesday (November 5), the British company described it as a ‘strategic review’ of its investment in Royal Challengers Sports Pvt Ltd (RCSPL), a wholly owned subsidiary of Diageo’s Indian subsidiary United Spirits Ltd, according to the report.

The company said in its disclosure, “USL is initiating a strategic review of its investment in its wholly owned subsidiary RCSPL. RCSPL’s business includes the ownership of the Royal Challengers Bangalore franchise team, which participates in the Men’s Indian Premier League and Women’s Premier League cricket tournaments organized annually by the Board of Control for Cricket in India.”

Diageo is close to a sale deal

In their covering letter to the stock exchange, Diageo and USL revealed “it is expected that this process will be completed by March 31, 2026.” Cricbuzz report said that people familiar with such matters say that there is every possibility that USL/Diageo are close to a deal and that is why the date has been announced.

Vijay Mallya bought RCB team in 2008

The Indian Premier League was started in 2008, when BCCI had initially bid for 8 teams to play. The bid for RCB team was won by Vijay Mallya, he bought this franchise for about Rs 600 crores. Vijay Mallya was then the owner of United Spirits. In 2014, the entire ownership rights in USL came to Diageo with more than 54 percent stake.

RCB For Sale Before IPL 2026: Royal Challengers Bangalore may get a new owner before the start of IPL 2026. In the beginning of October, news came out that Serum Institute of India CEO Adar Poonawala wants to buy RCB. According to the report of Cricbuzz, the number of buyers of RCB is increasing. There are six deals pending to buy this franchise. The biggest name in the list of these buyers is Parth Jindal, owner of Jindal South West (JSW) Group and ‘Adani Group’.

RCB will be sold before IPL 2026

The command of Royal Challengers Bangalore is currently with the British company Diageo PLC, but now they are ready to separate from this franchise. JSW Group and Delhi Capitals co-owner Parth Jindal is ready to buy RCB. The Jindal Group currently owns the Delhi Capitals franchise along with Grandi Mallikarjuna Rao (GMR) Group. But now if Jindal Group becomes the owner of RCB, then only GMR Group will remain the owner of DC or a new owner will have to be found for the Delhi team.

Entry of Adani Group

Not only Jindal Group but also Adani Group is included in the list of buyers of Royal Challengers Bangalore. Adani Group had shown interest in buying Gujarat Titans in 2021. Adani Group is the owner of Gujarat Titans in WPL (Women’s Premier League). Now after buying RCB, Adani Group wants to establish its foothold in IPL also.

For how much will RCB be sold?

Royal Challengers Bangalore is named among the most favorite teams of IPL. The fan following of this franchise is very high. Even on social media, RCB is much ahead of other teams in terms of followers. But the biggest issue before selling RCB is its evaluation. The British company is estimating its price to be around Rs 17,859 crore. Poonawala does not seem to agree with this figure.

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Royal Challengers Bangalore won their first IPL Trophy after 18 years. Under the captaincy of Rajat Patidar, Team RCB won the title by defeating Punjab Kings by 6 runs in the final. This was also the first IPL trophy of Virat Kohli playing for RCB from the first season. Due to this, different kinds of celebrations were celebrated in the whole country. Siddharth, son of former RCB team owner Vijay Mallya, also shared a video in the celebration but was removed by Instagram.

After RCB’s victory, Vijay Mallya shared some videos of the final moments of the match. In which he is watching TV and the final ball is being put. As soon as the team wins, Vijay Mallya starts crying in happiness, his tears were not stopping. But with the removal of this video, Instagram had banned Siddharth’s account for a few days that he could not talk to his followers.

Siddharth Mallya erupted like this

As soon as Siddharth Mallya’s Instagram account was banned, he shared a video and took out his anger. He said, “I shared an emotional video after RCB’s victory. It was liked by many people. But that video was removed and I was also banned from talking to followers. He alleged that there was a violation of copyright policy, whereas it was just a match scene in the background. It is absolutely absurd.”

Siddharth accused the BCCI and the IPL that he had taken away this historic moment from them. Siddharth used to come to the stadium in every match to support RCB in the initial season. But after allegations of bank scam, Vijay Mallya left India with his family and fled.

When the IPL started in 2008, Vijay Mallya was the owner of the RCB team, but now there was no stake in the ownership rights of this team. After 18 years, RCB won its first title in IPL 2025. He defeated Punjab Kings by 6 runs in the final played at Narendra Modi Stadium.

RCB Owner Net Worth: Royal Challengers Bangalore has won the IPL title for the first time. Bengaluru won the trophy by defeating Punjab Kings by 6 runs on Tuesday. Virat Kohli’s dream has also been fulfilled, who became emotional on this historic victory. Many players, including Virat, Rajat Patidar and Josh Hazlewood, contributed significantly in making Bangalore champions. But the foundation of this victory of Royal Challengers Bangalore was laid on the auction table. Know here who is the owner of the RCB team and how much is its net worth?

Who is the owner of RCB?

RCB was owned by Vijay Malaya earlier, who was the chairman of Kingfisher Airlines and Unite Spires Company at that time, but Vijay Malaya had to leave the ownership of the Bengaluru franchise due to a lot of debt. Now the RCB team owe the United Spirits Company. United Spirits are an Indian beverages company that also produces alcohol.

RCB owner’s net worth

Royal Challengers Bangalore owner United Spirits Company has been estimated at around 11.95 billion US dollars in 2025. The net worth of this company in Indian currency is more than Rs 1 lakh crore. According to the news, the profit of United Spirits in the first quarter of 2025 had increased by 74.69 percent.

What happened in the final of IPL 2025

Royal Challengers and Punjab Kings competed in the final of IPL 2025. In this match played in Ahmedabad, RCB scored 190 runs while playing first. Virat Kohli scored 43 runs for Bengaluru. In response, Punjab Kings players failed to put a big partnership at the time of need and finally Punjab lost by 6 runs.

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Rcb winning team owner: The Royal Challengers Bangalore team’s ownership company is United Spirits Limited (USL). This company is a subsidiary of DIEGEO. Chairman Pratham Mishra, who is the work of care of the RCB franchise, is the Chief Commercial Officer of DIEGEO India. Prathamesh Mishra was also part of RCB’s auction team in IPL 2025. Now RCB has won its first IPL title.

RCB team gets prize money

Royal Challengers Bangalore won the first title by defeating Punjab Kings. RCB has received a prize money of Rs 20 crore after winning the title of IPL. But after 30 percent of this prize money goes into tax, only 9 crore 10 lakh rupees will go to the team’s account. At the same time, the franchise spends crores of rupees to form a team. This season became the most expensive player Rishabh Pant, who was bought for Rs 27 crore. At the same time, the prize money of IPL is Rs 20 crore. In such a situation, know how the owners of the team get profits here.

How much profit did RCB owner have?

IPL is not just a league, but this tournament has become a business model. The source of earnings of the team owners is not only prize money, but a review generated from this game. Team owners also get big money from media rights and sponsorship. The RCB jersey has many brands of people, these sponsors also pay a hefty amount to get the name printed on the jerseys.

Apart from all these, the owners of the team also have a large part of the ticket cell. According to media reports, 80 percent of the ticket sold in a match goes to the team owners. The cost of an IPL ticket also goes from three thousand rupees to thirty thousand rupees. At the same time, the price of IPL final tickets are higher than the tickets for league matches.

The final match of the IPL was played at the Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad. This is the largest stadium in the country, in which about one lakh 35 thousand people can watch matches. If we also considered the price of the final ticket of Rs 5,000 and it should be assumed that about one lakh people were present in the stadium in the final match, then there has been a business of Rs 50 crore from the tickets of tickets. But the price can be even higher, because the prize of the main stand in the stadium is very high.

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Vijay mallya first reaction: Royal Challengers Bangalore has won the IPL 2025 title. Bengaluru defeated Punjab Kings by 6 runs in the final. The reaction of former RCB owner Vijay Mallya has also surfaced after Bangalore won the first trophy of IPL. Vijay Mallya has congratulated the entire team for victory. Vijay Mallya, while sharing the post on his X account, wrote that ‘E Sala Cup Naam De’, which is the tag line of RCB.

Vijay Mallya congratulates RCB for victory

Vijay Mallya wrote in his social media post that ‘Royal Challengers Bangalore has finally become IPL champion after 18 years. This 2025 IPL tournament for RCB was quite excellent ‘. Vijay Mallya further wrote that ‘A balanced team along with the best coaching and support staff has played a bold game. many many congratulations! E Sala Cup Namde ‘.

RCB are IPL champions final after 18 years. Superb Campaign right through the 2025 tournament. A Well Balanced Team Playing Bold With Outstanding Coaching and Support Staff. Many congratulations! Ee Sala Cup Namde !!

– Vijay Mallya (@Thevijaymallya) June 3, 2025

People demanded money from Vijay Mallya

Vijay Mallya was overwhelming to congratulate RCB for victory. People started asking Mallya to ask for money of the country. Vijay Mallya also congratulated on reaching the qualifier-U1 of Bengaluru. Even then people on social media trolled Vijay Mallya to give money.

RCB won the first title

The team of Royal Challengers Bangalore has won their first IPL title. On this victory of Bengaluru, the star player of the team Virat Kohli looked quite emotional. On winning this 18th season of RCB, Virat started crying at the beach stadium itself. Virat has been with this team since the beginning of IPL and Royal Challengers Bangalore have won their first title on the night of June 3.

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