RCB Inside Story: The team of Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB), who created history in IPL 2025, is one of the most liked cricket franchisees in the world. He has 40 million followers on social media. The team is third in the case after Chennai Super Kings (43.6 million) and Mumbai Indians (41.3 million) in the IPL. She has also increased her brand value by winning the IPL title and has crossed around Rs 13000 crore.

RCB will get a new owner?

RCB defeated Punjab Kings at the Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad on June 3 and captured the title. After this, now a big news has come out for him. Virat Kohli’s team can get a new owner. Kohli has played for this franchise for 18 consecutive seasons. He is still an important member of the team and is a big brand. Kohli is the face of RCB and the team is getting the biggest advertisements in his name.

This is how the franchise started

When the IPL started in 2008, RCB was originally bought by Vijay Mallya. He was the owner of Kingfisher Airlines and one of the most famous personalities in India’s liquor industry. Mallya himself got caught in the debt trap. This collapsed his empire. When Mallya’s condition was thin in 2016, his company United Spirit Limited (USL) was bought by British company Diazio PLC. Due to this, RCB’s authority went to him.

Also read: These 10 superstars will not be seen in IPL 2026! Career in danger, can take retirement suddenly

Desigo needs such a price

Diazio ran the RCB in a great way and brought the team to heights. During this period, the franchise’s performance in the IPL continuously improved and he continuously qualified for the playoffs. Now in 2025, the team reached the seventh sky and won the title for the first time. After becoming the team champion, she wants to sell partial or completely from Diazio. Bloomberg has reported that owners may ask for a price of up to US $ 2 billion (about Rs 16,834 crore) for the entire sale.

Also read: World Record: Top-10 batsmen to be the most hit-wicket out in international cricket, this is shocking list

RCB performance every time in IPL

2008- League round
2009- Resunciating
2010- Third place
2011- Equality
2012- League round
2013- League round
2014- League round
2015- Third place
2016- Equality
2017- League round
2018- League round
2019- League round
2020- Playoff
2021- Playoff
2022- Third place
2023- League round
2024- Playoff
2025- Champion

RCB captain
2008: Rahul Dravid
2009-2010: Anil Kumble
2009: Kevin Peterson
2011-2012: Daniel Vettori
2011-2023: Virat Kohli
2017: Shane Watson
2022-2024: Faf duplessis
2025-: Silver Patidar
2025: Jitesh Sharma