Cricket News Desk. Royal Challengers Bangalore finally won their first IPL title in 18 years. He defeated Punjab Kings by 6 runs in the final of the 18th season of the T20 League. In this journey of 18 years, many big players for RCB came and went, but a player who always stayed with the team is Virat Kohli. After winning the final, another person came into the limelight with Virat and that is the fugitive Vijay Mallya, who was the first owner of this franchise.

Wanted fugitive Vijay Mallya in India revealed in Raj Samani’s podcast that he had bid for a total of three franchises including Mumbai Indians. However, it was bought by Mukesh Ambani. Vijay Mallya finally bought RCB for $ 112 million in 2008, which was around Rs 600-700 crore at that time. Vijay Mallya, who was bid for Mumbai Indians, said, “I was greatly impressed by the BCCI Committee on this league with the advice of Lalit Modi.” He called me one day and said that the teams were going to be auctioned.

Do you want to buy them?

I said okay, I bid on three franchisees and I lost to Mumbai with a very small amount. Mallya further said, when I bid for RCB franchise in 2008, I saw IPL as a game-changer for Indian cricket. My vision was to create a team that reflects the spirit of Bangalore. I finally bid $ 112 million, which was the second largest bid.

‘The brand of liquor should be recognized’ The liquor legend Mallya said in the podcast, “I wanted RCB to be a brand that should be known not only on the field but also outside the field.” So I connected it to the Royal Challenge, which is one of our best -selling liquor brands. So that it can become a strong identity. Choose some of your favorite players. During this conversation, Mallya said that his only purpose behind buying RCB was to promote his whiskey brand. There was no love for cricket behind it.

When Mallya was asked, who would be he if he gets a chance to choose some players for RCB today? Mallya chose Jaspreet Bumrah, Suryakumar Yadav, Rishabh Pant and KL Rahul.