Taking to his Instagram handle, the former Windies batter posted a story in which he can be seen posing with both eminent figures.
In his conversation with Raj Shamani, Vijay Mallya also remembered bidding for Virat Kohli following the right-handed batter’s scintillating batting and captaincy performance for India in the U-19 World Cup 2008.
When the original eight IPL teams were sold nearly 18 years ago, Vijay Mallya won the bid to own RCB for $112 million, which was equivalent to around INR 600–700 Crore.
Royal Challengers Bengaluru will be playing the IPL 2024 Eliminator against Rajasthan Royals at the Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad.
The tweet immediately went viral and has garnered over 34k likes so far.
Mallya’s old tweet is from the year 2020.