Mallya on Kohli: The Young Star Who Stayed Loyal for 18 Years!

June 4, IPL 2025 Final: After the first victory of Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) in IPL 2025, former team owner Vijay Mallya has expressed happiness. Giving his reaction on the social media platform X, he wrote that RCB has finally become the IPL champion after 18 years.

Vijay Mallya said in his post that the entire RCB team performed brilliantly this season. A balanced team played with the spirit of Play Bold and the coaching and support staff also made a great contribution. Along with this, he said that many congratulations to everyone! E Sala Cup Namde..

In a separate post, Vijay Mallya wrote that since I founded RCB, it was my dream that the IPL trophy should come to Bangalore. I had the privilege of including young Virat Kohli in the team, and it is very special that he spent the entire 18 years with the team. He further said, “I also got the honour of selecting legendary players like Universe Boss Chris Gayle and Mr. 360 AB de Villiers, who will always be a part of RCB’s history.

Along with this, Mallya thanked the team, coaching staff and all the fans and said, “Finally the trophy has come to Bangalore. Congratulations and thanks to all those who made this dream come true. RCB fans are the best fans in the world, and they deserved this trophy.

Let us tell you that Royal Challengers Bangalore has won the IPL title after 18 years. RCB defeated Punjab by six runs in the final played at the Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad. Batting first after losing the toss, RCB scored 190 runs for nine wickets in 20 overs. In response, Punjab’s team could only score 184 runs for seven wickets.

If we talk about Bangalore’s batting in this match, then Bangalore batted first and scored 190 runs in 20 overs losing nine wickets. Bangalore had a bad start while batting first after losing the toss. Phil Salt was out after scoring 16 runs in nine balls with the help of two fours and a six. He was dismissed by Jamieson. After this, Virat Kohli tried to handle the innings with Mayank Agarwal, but Mayank got out in pursuit of a big shot. He was out after scoring 24 runs in 18 balls with the help of two fours and a six.

After this, Rajat Patidar went to the pavilion after scoring 26 runs in 16 balls. Virat shared a 36-run partnership with Livingstone. Virat became the victim of Azmatullah after scoring 43 runs in 35 balls with the help of three fours. Jitesh Sharma played a fiery innings, but in pursuit of a big shot, he was bowled by Vijaykumar. Jitesh played an innings of 24 runs with the help of two fours and two sixes in 10 balls.

Kohli is one of the most successful batsmen of India. He has many records to his name. Kohli is one of the few players of India who has won three ICC titles like T20 World, ODI World Cup and Champions Trophy. Kohli was part of the 2011 ODI World Cup team which won the title by defeating Sri Lanka. After this, he was also part of the winning team of the Champions Trophy in 2013 and 2025. Apart from this, Kohli was also part of the team that won the T20 World Cup title by defeating South Africa in 2024.