Kolkata: India's festival i.e. the 18th season of IPL has started. On Saturday, the first match of IPL 2025 was played between defending champions Kolkata Knight Riders and Royal Challengers Bangalore. In this match, RCB defeated the hosts by 7 wickets. The Bangalore team dominated KKR in both bowling and batting. After losing 4 matches in a row to Kolkata, RCB finally won from them. On this special occasion, former Royal Challengers Bangalore owner and absconding from India in a fraud case, Vijay Mallya also tweeted on X.
Vijay Mallya congratulated RCB, fans trolled him
Vijay Mallya tweeted on RCB's win against KKR on his official account. He wrote, 'Congratulations to RCB on their great win over KKR. It was nice to finally hear the commentators praising Bangalore's bowling. The batting line up says a lot in itself.'
Mallya As soon as he tweeted this, users started trolling him. Users started asking him to come to India. Some started talking about giving him money. Actually, in 2016, Vijay Mallya left the country with about Rs 900 crore of 17 Indian banks. He is accused of fraud and money laundering. Vijay Mallya lives in the UK. He has not returned to India yet after doing such a big scam. Let us tell you that Vijay Mallya has also been a politician.
KKR blown away by the storm of Phil Salt and Virat Kohli
Kolkata Knight Riders, after losing the toss in the first match of IPL 2025, batted and set a target of 175 runs in front of Bangalore. After this, RCB openers thrashed KKR fiercely and took the match away from their grip. Phil Salt was dismissed after scoring 56 runs while Virat Kohli remained unbeaten after scoring 59 runs. There was a partnership of 95 runs for the first wicket between the two. Captain Rajat Patidar also played a good inning of 34 runs for Royal Challengers Bangalore.
