{"id":1025,"date":"2026-03-26T03:03:02","date_gmt":"2026-03-26T03:03:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsroom7.com\/?p=1025"},"modified":"2026-03-26T03:03:02","modified_gmt":"2026-03-26T03:03:02","slug":"rcb-sold-after-historic-title-win-celebration-marred-by-tragedy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsroom7.com\/?p=1025","title":{"rendered":"RCB Sold After Historic Title Win; Celebration Marred by Tragedy"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>RCB Sold After Historic Title Win; Celebration Marred by Tragedy<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>(Bengaluru, March 26 \/ 2026 &#8211; Navneet Bansal,Sports Desk of Newsroom 7)<\/strong><br \/>\nIn a major development in the Indian Premier League, Royal Challengers Bengaluru has been sold to a new corporate consortium for approximately <strong>$1.78 billion<\/strong> (<strong>\u20b914,000+ crore<\/strong>). The high-profile deal comes soon after the franchise\u2019s historic IPL <strong>2025<\/strong> title win, which ended its long wait for a championship.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Title Glory and Emotional Celebrations<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>RCB\u2019s maiden IPL triumph sparked massive celebrations across Bengaluru and among fans worldwide. The victory was seen as a landmark moment in the team\u2019s history, bringing immense joy to its loyal supporters.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Celebrations Marred by Tragedy<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>However, the jubilation was overshadowed by a tragic incident reported during the victory celebrations, where overcrowding and mismanagement in certain areas led to casualties and injuries among fans.<br \/>\nAuthorities had to intervene to control the situation, and the incident raised concerns over crowd management during large-scale public celebrations.<\/p>\n<p><strong>New Ownership Takes Charge<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The franchise has now been acquired by a consortium comprising: Aditya Birla Group, Times of India Group, Blackstone,<br \/>\nBolt Ventures.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Leadership<\/strong>:<br \/>\nChairman: Aryaman Vikram Birla<br \/>\nVice Chairman: Satyan Gajwani<\/p>\n<p><strong>End of Previous Ownership<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Earlier, the team was owned by United Spirits, a subsidiary of Diageo, which decided to divest the franchise.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Significance of the Deal<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Among the largest franchise sales in IPL history.;Boosted by RCB\u2019s championship-winning season. Signals a new era for the franchise under corporate leadership<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>RCB Sold After Historic Title Win; Celebration Marred by Tragedy (Bengaluru, March 26 \/ 2026 &#8211; Navneet Bansal,Sports Desk of Newsroom 7) In a major development in the Indian Premier League, Royal Challengers Bengaluru has been sold to a new corporate consortium for approximately $1.78 billion (\u20b914,000+ crore). The high-profile deal comes soon after the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1026,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1025","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsroom7.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1025","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsroom7.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsroom7.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsroom7.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsroom7.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1025"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/newsroom7.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1025\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1027,"href":"https:\/\/newsroom7.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1025\/revisions\/1027"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsroom7.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/1026"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsroom7.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1025"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsroom7.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1025"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsroom7.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1025"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}