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.

Indian Star Batsman Rinku Singh not only his Batting Rather, due to their fun activities outside the field, they have become very popular among people. Rinku Many times have been in the headlines because he Senior The players are famous for the habit of asking for bat. Especially, Virat Kohli Demanding the bat from their Video Plenty viral Has done Now Rinku He himself behind this story Story Told and told what effect it had on them.

IPL Much during viral Was done Video

IPL 2024 During Fans Many Video Shared, in which Rinku To Kohli It was seen asking for a bat from. These Clip Social On media Trend Became and people started feeling like Rinku Always Kohli Stay for the bat behind.

The matter came into the discussion when Rinku Done Kohli Broke the first bat given and then reached from them to ask for another bat. Whose Video Social Very fast on media viral Happened. all of these Video About now Rinku Has kept his own point and told what has been affected.

Rinku Done News Talking to 24, he said, “I was a little more infamous in the bat. I just Normal Used to go to meet him and after that he used to ask for bat. But the cameras used to fall behind. Due to this, people started misunderstanding. It was not good for me either and brother (KohliFor) also, because the bat Video Frequently viral Was happening. “

This year Kohli Not of, the bat of these two legendary players Rinku Get

Rinku Admittedly, all this was in joking and love, but due to the constant attention of the cameras, he became a little careful and started to avoid doing so again. That is why IPL In 2025 Fans Tae them virat Kohli Walk around No saw. However Rinku Ko Rohit Sharma and MS Dhoni’s bat was found this year.

Rinku Said, “This time (this timeIPL 2025) I did not show with Virat Bhaiya. Yes, I got Mahi Bhaiya’s bat and Rohit Bhaiya’s bat. It is a very big thing for me that such players got the bat. “

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Fast bowler Mohammad Siraj played this time for Gujarat Titans in the IPL. Earlier, he was part of the Royal Challengers Bangalore team for 7 years. But before the auction, Siraj was released by RCB. Not only this, but RCB did not even try to buy them in the auction. Now the team’s director Mo Bobat revealed the team’s strategy regarding this.

RCB team director Mo Bobat, while talking to the cricketer, said that if his team had retained Mohammad Siraj, it would be difficult for Bhuvneshwar Kumar, which she wanted to buy. Let us know that after playing for the 11 seasons for Sunrisers Hyderabad, Bhubaneswar played for RCB this year. RCB bought him for Rs 10.75 crore.

Why did RCB not retain Mohammad Siraj?

Talking to Cricbuj, Bobat said, “Mohammad Siraj is the player about whom we had considered the most. Indian fast bowlers could not easily meet in the IPL. We discussed every situation that was possible. Retm (right to match) was also discussed with the release, it was not a direct decision. It was not a direct decision. This does not happen for any one reason, many factors play in it. “

Siraj took 16 wickets in 15 matches played for Gujarat Titans this year, although his economy was 9.24. Siraj played a total of 87 matches for RCB in 7 seasons in the IPL, in which he has 99 wickets.

At the same time, the team director of RCB also revealed that Cameron Green was not retained only due to injury. If the Australian all -rounder had fit, RCB would have retained them.

RCB won its first title

Well, Royal Challengers Bangalore’s strategy worked and won his first IPL title after 18 years. RCB defeated Punjab in the final. Virat Kohli was the highest run -scorer for RCB, he scored 657 runs in 15 fairy. Josh Hazlewood took the most wickets for RCB in bowling, he took 22 wickets in 12 innings.

Former India all -rounder Irfan Pathan recently came into the limelight when he was suddenly dropped from the commentary panel of IPL 2025. For a long time there was speculation that Rohit Sharma or Virat Kohli is behind his removal. But Irfan himself has made a big disclosure in an interview. He told that in fact, a player was hurt by his clean and impeccable opinion, and this became the real reason for his commentary panel to be removed.

Not Rohit-Kohli, this player was the reason for Irfan’s withdrawal

Irfan Pathan said in an interview to The Lalantop that his IPL 2025 commentary panel could actually be associated with all -rounder Hardik Pandya. He said that he had criticized Hardik in Mumbai Indians in the very first season of captaincy, which was probably hurt by his ego.

Irfan believes that the job of a commentator is to analyze the players’ game fairly. He clearly said, “If I am criticizing 7 of the 14 matches, I am still softening. This is our job.”

There is no revolutionary between Hardik and me- Irfan

Irfan said that there is no revolutionary between him and Hardik. Irfan said, there is no rivalry. After me the players of Baroda came -Deepak Hooda, Krunal Pandya or Hardik Pandya, none of them can say that Irfan -Yusuf did not help them. ”

Irfan has defended Hardik

Irfan also reminded that he had defended Hardik in difficult times, especially when the fans of Mumbai Indians attacked him after snatching Rohit Sharma’s captaincy.

Irfan said, “There is nothing wrong in criticizing a player. If you play then you have to face all this. This happened to Sunil Gavaskar and the great Sachin Tendulkar. But he never made anyone feel that he is older than the game. But I am against the derogatory words used for Pandya.”

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Virat Kohli, one of the world’s most famous cricketers, is currently playing for Royal Challengers Bangalore in IPL 2025. His team has been in the top 2 in the points table for the first time since 2016. In the qualifier, RCB is facing Punjab Kings (PBKS vs RCB Qualifier-1) today, the winning team will enter the final. Meanwhile, Virat has a big bet, he has invested in the World Bolling League.

Virat Kohli was declared a strategic investor in the World Bolling League (WBL). WBL introduced MLB superstar and 3 -time world series champion Muki Bates team OMG as the first franchise in the league. Virat also shared a post related to it on his social media. In which he told a fun fact about himself and said that he started bowling at the age of 13.

While sharing the post, Virat Kohli wrote in the caption, “After a great partnership with Adik Mishra in E1 Team Blue Rising, I am excited to form a team again in the World Bowling League! With the superstar of Los Angeles Dojers Masti Masti and others, we are defining the game re -defined by more than 100 million people, we are re -defined to join millions
Taking advantage of FSP technology.

After a great partnership with @Adikmishra In E1 Team Blue Rising, Excted to Team Up Again in the World Bowling League!
With @Dodgers Superstar Mookie Betts and others, We’re Redefining a Sport Loved by 100m+ People, Leveragging @fsp_io‘S Technology to Engage Millions of Fans.… pic.twitter.com/mqaqv1sjjs

– Virat Kohli (@imvkohli) May 28, 2025

Kohli is involved in the orange cap race

Virat is currently involved in the Orange Cap race, he is at number five in the list of batsmen scoring the most runs in the tournament. He has scored 602 runs in 13 innings played in the league stage at a strike rate of 147.91. This season he has scored 8 half -centuries. He has also completed 9000 runs for RCB, he is the highest run -scorer for one franchise team.

Gautam gambhir on Virat kohli retirement: Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli took retirement from Test cricket in a gap of 5 days. Team India has suffered a big shock due to his retirement because the Indian team has to visit England only after a few weeks. Now head coach Gautam Gambhir (Gautam Gambhir News) has broken the silence on Rohit and Virat’s retirement. He said that retirement is a personal decision of a player and they respect everyone’s decisions.

In talks with News18, Gautam Gambhir said that when the career to end, this decision depends on the same player. He said, “I think it is a personal decision of the player when you start playing and when you want to retire. Whether it is a coach, selector or someone else, no one has the right to ask a player to retire.”

You will remember Rohit-Virat

Rohit Sharma had heard the news of his retirement from Test cricket on May 7 and Virat Kohli on 12 May. An era in Indian cricket has come to an end with the retirement of 2 veterans. Head coach Gautam Gambhir also admitted that the departure of Virat-Rohit will give the youth a chance, but it will not be easy to make up for both of them.

Gambhir said, “Yes, it will be difficult, but certainly people will raise their hands. Someone can come from someone who can show something special to the country.” Gautam Gambhir gave the example of the Champions Trophy and said that even without Jaspreet Bumrah, Team India had won a historic victory. Gambhir tried to tell that the Indian team can move forward even without senior players.

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Shashi Tharoor on Virat Kohli’s Retirement: Virat Kohli announced through a post at 11.43 am on May 12 that he is saying goodbye to Test cricket. Announcing the end of his 14 -year Test career, he shared a emotional note. After this, he started congratulating him for his successful career from all over the world. Many people were also unhappy with his decision to leave the Test in this way, including Congress MP Shashi Tharoor from Thiruvananthapuram. He shared a post about Kohli.

In 2011, Virat played his first match in the Test after 3 years of his international debut. He scored just 4 runs in his first innings played against the West Indies. After 14 years, he bid farewell to become the fourth batsman to score the most runs for India in this format. Fans are also sad that the player who kept the Test alive during the T20, did not play his Farewell match. Shashi Tharoor also mentioned this in his post.

What did Shashi Tharoor say on Virat Kohli’s report

Shashi Tharoor wrote, “I met Virat Kohli only once, in the beginning of his career, when he was on the path of becoming a legend, whom we all praise. I have seen him batting in different formats and praised him the most in Tests. I am very sad to see my fairwell match in India so soon, I am saddened. Still you need! “

The only time I met the immortal @imvkohli Face-to-face, early in his career, when he was well on his way to become the legend we have all admired. I’ve Watched Him Bat in Various Formats and Admired Him Most in Tests. I’m truly sad to see hee go so early, so unexpectedly,… pic.twitter.com/5nv6cpjxyu

– Shashi Tharoor (@Shashitharoor) May 12, 2025

Virat Kohli Test Career

Virat Kohli played 123 matches in his 14 -year career. In 210 innings, he scored 9230 runs at an average of 46.85. In the Test, he scored 30 centuries and 31 half -centuries. Virat Kohli is the fourth batsman to score the most runs for India in this format. Before the Test, Virat has retired from T20 international cricket, he will now play only in ODI format.

Virat Kohli is currently playing in IPL 2025, where his team’s next match is with Kolkata Knight Riders (RCB vs KKR) on 17 May. If RCB wins this match, it will become the first team to secure its place in the playoffs this season.

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