For RCB, 2025 has been a wild ride filled with highs and lows that have drawn attention from all across the world. Earlier this year, the team celebrated winning its first Indian Premier League (IPL) championship, breaking a lengthy trophy drought.
However, a stampede in Bengaluru that killed 11 people and injured several more ruined the festivities. The team’s future is now the subject of more intense speculation. According to former IPL commissioner Lalit Modi, the franchise’s current owners, Diageo Plc, have made the decision to sell it.
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The owners appear to have made the decision to sell it and remove it from their balance sheet. Given that it won the IPL the previous season, its devoted fan base, the squad itself, and its excellent administration, I’m confident that it might be the only team available as a whole as an IPL franchise,” Modi wrote on X.
It would be quite desirable for one of the major international funds or a sovereign fund to include them in their investment and India strategy. There isn’t a greater investing opportunity that comes to mind. To anybody manages to obtain it, good luck. It will undoubtedly break the previous record valuation, proving that the IPL is the most valuable and fastest-growing global sports league. The new floor price that #rcb establishes will apply to all teams,” he continued.
Media outlets have previously reported that Diageo Plc was in negotiations with potential buyers and that RCB was on the market.
After Modi confirmed the owners’ plan to sell, the IPL community is anxious to see who would take over one of its most successful and well-liked teams.
Should the deal close, the IPL might change, possibly establishing a new standard for team prices and solidifying the league’s position as a major international athletic force.
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