This post is a brief account of my experience as a spectator in the IPL match between Bangalore Royal Challengers and Delhi Daredevils held on 19th May 2008 at Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore.
Initial Hickup: I had left office early to reach Chinnaswamy stadium as you never know with Bangalore traffic. I was skeptical whether we would [...]

Royal Challengers Bangalore(RCB) had a match against Rajasthan Royals at Jaipur. It was the first match in the pink-city after recent terror attacks.
Sitting at bottom of the league-table and out of contention for semi-finals the only task for RCB was to play for pride. But they were again outclassed in all departments of the game. [...]

The Red Skins, a professional cheerleading team that cheerlead for the NFL in the US are coming to Bangalore! Our evergreen Vijay Mallya has struck up a deal with the cheerleading team to fly them to Bangalore and cheer for the Bangalore Royal Challengers.
The IPL matches are going to be a show of their own! [...]

Two of the most hotly discussed topics here in Bangalore over the last few days have been the absurdly-far-away Bangalore International Airport that is about to open and Vijay Mallya’s tactics in the IPL. We at the Unofficial IPL blog put on our conspiracy-theory hat, and it immediately became obvious to us that there is [...]

Vijay Mallya kicked off proceedings for the Bangalore Royal Challengers in the way he knows best - By throwing them a party. Yesterday the party was in full force, with red confetti and the champagne flowing everywhere. DJ Clement was also there, grooving everyone to the party!
Vijay Mallya also announced that Sanjay Gupta, the famous [...]

Lot has been said of the Bangalore IPL team about the selections they made in the Ist round of IPL auction. But the master strategist Vijay Mallya makes his mark wherever he puts his eye in! That was evident when the 2nd round IPL auction results were out. They had some prize catches like, India [...]

The Vijay Mallya owned Bangalore IPL franchise, The Royal Challengers, have roped in New Zealand’s legendary captain Martin Crowe to be the “Chief Cricket Officer”, whatever that means. The Indian team’s Venkatash Prasad has also signed up to the be coach.
What kind of stratergy is Mallya looking at for the Royal Challangers? We reported earlier [...]

Vijay Mallya, the owner of the Bangalore Team, has named the team “Bangalore Royal Challengers”. What a nice name, no? Except that “Royal Challenge” is the name of one of United Breweries (Vijay Mallya’s flagship company) top brands. Co-incidence? I think not.
Advertising liquor is strictly banned in India, but that doesn’t stop the proxy-advertising. They’ve [...]