Rcb all set to sell? IPL founder claims “less than $ 2 billion”

The founder of the Indian Premier League (IPL), Lalit Modi, has left a massive statement on the sale of the Royal Challengers Bengaluru franchise (RCB).

Lalit Modi said the owners of Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) would be “stupid to sell” the franchise right now for less than $ two billion.

Royal Challengers Bengaluru won IPL 2025

Under the leadership of Patidar Rajat, Royal Challengers Bengaluru performed an exceptional performance at the Premier League India (IPL) 2025 and finished the League stage in the 2nd place. They won nine of the 14 games and had 19 points and a clean execution rate of 0.301.

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At rating 1, the Royal Challengers Bengaluru recorded a dominant victory over the Kings Punjab Kings led by Shreyas Iyer, and at the summit’s shock closed their horns with the same team.

In the Final IPL 2025 on Tuesday, June 3 at the Narendra Modi Stadium, RCB showed a magnificent Cricket brand and published 190/9 on the board after choosing BAT First, thanks to the crucial contributions of all players.

They then restricted the kings of Punjab to 184/7 to get a victory of 6 runs and end the drought of the IPL title and get a trophy after 18 years.

After winning the championship for the first time, the Royal Challengers Bengaluru announced a parade of victories in Bengaluru and other celebration events.

They had a great welcome in the city, but things became tragic outside the M. Chinnaswamy stadium. A deadly stampede occurred on June 4, 2025, and eleven people died and 56 were injured.

If RCB wants to sell, they would be stupid: Lalit Modi

In his last interaction with Michael Clarke, the founder of the IPL, Lalit Modi, he shared his thoughts on the rumors of the sale of the Royal Challengers Bengaluru franchise (RCB).

He said that Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) has a great fanbase and they should only sell the franchise if they get $ 2 billion and nothing less than that, because their assessment will only grow in the coming years.

“We (IPL) are only 18 years old. We just started the fan, we just started the frenzy. It was unfortunate what happened to Stampede in Karnataka after RCB won,” Modi said while talking to Michael Clarke at the podcast beyond 23 cricket.

“If the RCB wants to sell, they would be stupid to sell it for less than $ 2 billion. If it is next year, 2.5 billion and if two years later they would be 3 billion, and if they spend four years later, four billion dollars. Take it in writing,” said Modi.

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I see every match: Lalit Modi

Lalit Modi, who was the main man behind the start of the IPL and had a controversial exit from the league, said he misses to be part of the competition.

“I miss it. I think about it and no one let me forget -I see every party. In life, nothing is permanent. I am a part and this can never be taken away. In life, you must continue and let others continue,” said Modi.

“Too much jealousy was created. We have a crab mentality in India; they drop you. My family was in danger, he was in danger,” Modi added.