'Come To India, We'll Celebrate Together': SBI's Reply To Vijay Mallya On RCB's Victory Goes Viral
Harsh Goenka shared a purported tweet by SBI, responding to Vijay Mallya's congratulatory tweet over RCB's victory, asking him to come to India to celebrate together.
The city of Bengaluru exploded in a wave of loud cheers and fireworks after the Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) earned their maiden IPL title in Ahmedabad on Tuesday, putting an end to their agonising 18-year wait.
As Virat Kohli and the rest of the team celebrated and the city rejoiced, fugitive businessman and RCB's former owner, Vijay Mallya, put out a congratulatory tweet for the men in red – which was immediately trolled by netizens.
'RCB are IPL Champions finally after 18 years. Superb campaign right through the 2025 tournament. A well-balanced team Playing Bold with outstanding coaching and support staff. Many congratulations! Ee sala cup named," he said on X.
RCB are IPL Champions finally after 18 years. Superb campaign right through the 2025 tournament. A well balanced team Playing Bold with outstanding coaching and support staff. Many congratulations ! Ee sala cup namde !!— Vijay Mallya (@TheVijayMallya) June 3, 2025
The businessman's tweet invited hilarious response from netizens, who asked him to join the celebrations in Bengaluru and make the 'SBI's dream come true". One user wrote, 'Sir, isi khushi mein kal subah ek baar Kirti Nagar wali SBI branch aa jao 5 minute ke liye please (Sir, to celebrate this, please come to the Kirti Nagar SBI branch tomorrow morning for just 5 minutes.)
'Now at least return some money to SBI from the winning amount," another individual said.
However, one tweet in particular went viral on social media – the one allegedly by the SBI itself. Businessman Harsh Goenka shared an image of SBI's response to Vijay Mallya's tweet, 'Sir, come to India. We will celebrate together." The reply immediately went viral on social media, with users saying, 'SBI got no chill" and 'Never deleting this app."
That's why I like X pic.twitter.com/hR3QIEwJWV — Harsh Goenka (@hvgoenka) June 4, 2025
However, the SBI's response was not located on Mallya's tweet. When a user asked Grok about this, it said the SBI reply appeared fabricated and no evidence of such a response existed, which was inconsistent with their communication style.
Mallya is an accused in a bank loan default case of over Rs 9,000 crore from an SBI-led consortium, involving his defunct Kingfisher Airlines.
In a follow-up post, Mallya reflected on his role in the team's early years and the contributions of Virat Kohli, AB DeVilliers and Chris Gayle. 'When I founded RCB it was my dream that the IPL trophy should come to Bengaluru. I had the privilege of picking the legendary King Kohli as a youngster and it is remarkable that he has stayed with RCB for 18 years."
'Finally, the IPL trophy arrives in Bengaluru. Congratulations and thanks again to all who made my dream come true. RCB fans are the very best and they deserve the IPL trophy. Ee Sala Cup Bengaluru baruthe!," he added.
RCB defeated Punjab Kings in a thrilling IPL final in Ahmedabad on Tuesday to clinch its maiden IPL title, adding to the achievements of its senior leader Virat Kohli, who has stuck by the franchise since the inaugural edition in 2008.
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