Bengaluru: Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) stormed into the final of IPL 2025 after pulverising Punjab Kings by 8 wickets in Qualifier 1 on Thursday night.
It’s RCB’s first final after exactly 10 years. One of the most popular and widely-followed teams in IPL, primarily due to the presence of Virat Kohli, RCB came a cropper in their previous three finals – in 2009, 2011 and 2016.
RCB supporters are super excited and highly optimistic that come June 3, Kohli & Co. will be able to break the title jinx at Ahmedabad’s Narendra Modi Stadium.
So much so that an RCB fan has requested Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah to declare a state holiday if the team lifts the trophy on Tuesday.
Shivananda Mallannavar, from Gokak in Karnataka’s Belagavi district, has suggested in his letter that a state holiday should be declared if the “long-held dream” of the RCB fans comes true.
“If the RCB team wins the IPL 2025 cup, the government should officially declare that day as the ‘Karnataka State RCB Fans Festival’ and give it a holiday every year. Because the long-held dream of RCB fans is about to come true, we request the Karnataka government to facilitate the celebration of the RCB Fans Festival in the same way as we celebrate Karnataka Rajyotsava in every district. We, on behalf of all RCB fans, request the Karnataka government to take this seriously and grant permission for the holiday and RCB Fans Festival,” reads the handwritten letter to the CM, a picture of which has gone viral on social media platforms.
