Aditya Birla Group acquired the Indian Premier League (IPL) franchise Royal Challengers Bengaluru for Rs 1.78 billion (greater than Rs 16,000 crore) on Tuesday. Nonetheless, a bunch of firms, consisting of Times of India Group, David Blitzer’s Bolt Ventures and the US-based Blackstone investment group were there under the Aditya Birla Group.
Nonetheless, the consortium also agreed the take care of United Spirits Limited (USL), a subsidiary of UK-Diageo plc, to purchase a 100% stake of RCB – each the lads’s and ladies’s (WPL) teams. Meanwhile, after the acquisition, Aryaman Birla will grow to be the chairman of the franchise.
Who’s Aryaman Birla?
Aryaman Birla is the son of Kumar Mangalam Birla, who’s the chairperson of Aditya Birla Group. Aryaman is a former cricketer who also played for Madhya Pradesh in domestic cricket. Nonetheless, he shared the dressing room with RCB captain Rajat Patidar and Venkatesh Iyer, the all-rounder who was bought by an enormous Rs 7 crore within the IPL auction.
Nonetheless, he also played nine first-class matches for Madhya Pradesh and smashed 414 runs, including one century against Bengal on the Eden Gardens. He also scored 36 runs in 4 List-A matches as well.
Aryaman Birla also enrolled within the IPL 2018 mega auction, and he was acquired by the Rajasthan Royals for Rs 30 lakh. Nonetheless, he didn’t play a single match for the team and was released ahead of the 2020 season as well.
Meanwhile, it was around the identical time that he took a ‘sabbatical’ from cricket to administer his ‘severe anxiety’.
“I even have felt trapped. I even have pushed myself through all of the distress thus far but now I feel the necessity to put my mental health and well being above all else,” Birla wrote on Instagram. “All of us have our own journeys and I would like to take this time to know myself higher, open my mind to latest and varied perspectives and seek purpose in my findings.”
Nonetheless, he didn’t return to cricket, and he’s currently the director of the Aditya Birla Management Corporation Limited as well.
“It’s a privilege to return together on this partnership to shape the following phase of growth for RCB. This partnership brings together a deep understanding of sports, media and consumer businesses,” he concluded.
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