Vijay Mallya is staring in the eye of another controversy and this time it is not because of his troubled Kingfisher Airlines.
Mallya, who is also the owner of the cricket team Royal Challengers Bangalore featuring in the Indian Premier League, is being roasted for his flip-flops since the IPL auction on Monday morning.
Mallya's team not only decided to bid for Yuvraj Singh in a close contest, but bid as much as Rs 15 crore for the firebrand batsman. What got tweets flowing, however, is that only two months back Mallya had released Yuvraj Singh from his team, after it finished second from bottom with five wins and nine defeats. RCB had earlier outbid Kolkata Knight Riders in a heated auction, and blown up Rs 14 crore, a big chunk of their cash, to get him on board.
While many believed that the RCB would use this freed up money on getting other players in the next auction, Mallya ended up bidding once more for Yuvraj Singh, even more than what he had earlier paid to bring him in the team (before releasing him after the season).
Singh was finally taken up by the Delhi Daredevils for Rs 16 crore.
And Yuvraj Singh wasn’t spared either.
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Mallya, who is also the owner of the cricket team Royal Challengers Bangalore featuring in the Indian Premier League, is being roasted for his flip-flops since the IPL auction on Monday morning.
Mallya's team not only decided to bid for Yuvraj Singh in a close contest, but bid as much as Rs 15 crore for the firebrand batsman. What got tweets flowing, however, is that only two months back Mallya had released Yuvraj Singh from his team, after it finished second from bottom with five wins and nine defeats. RCB had earlier outbid Kolkata Knight Riders in a heated auction, and blown up Rs 14 crore, a big chunk of their cash, to get him on board.
While many believed that the RCB would use this freed up money on getting other players in the next auction, Mallya ended up bidding once more for Yuvraj Singh, even more than what he had earlier paid to bring him in the team (before releasing him after the season).
Singh was finally taken up by the Delhi Daredevils for Rs 16 crore.
Lost Respect for Mallya since IPL 4 Auctions itself.
— Vineet Hiremath (@vineethiremath) February 16, 2015Dei Mallya, too much Whiskey in your Filter kaapi? #Yuvraj #RCB #Bonkers
— Ashwin S Kumar (@ashwinskumar) February 16, 2015Lost Respect for Mallya since IPL 4 Auctions itself.
— BrenDON (@karthik_jammy) February 16, 2015mallya sells an asset he owned, and then goes into the market to buy it back at a higher price! #IPLAuction
— Gaurav Kalra (@gauravkalra75) February 16, 2015I urge the employees of Vijay Mallya to find another job. You shouldn't have such a stupid boss.
— Ketan (@ket25) February 16, 2015Mallya doing some Annamalai level strategy
— Local Tea Party (@localteaparty) February 16, 2015Vijay Mallya's face at the auction is like someone at the Andheri station searching for harbour line platform.
Vijay Mallya's face at the auction is like someone at the Andheri station searching for harbour line platform.
— Virat kohli's gf (@mumbaiifreak) February 16, 2015
Vijay mallya should start selling off his planes for players in the auction...#iplauction
— one tip one hand (@OneTipOneHand_) February 16, 2015
— The UnReal Times (@TheUnRealTimes) February 16, 2015And Yuvraj Singh wasn’t spared either.
Yuvraj Singh moves to Delhi Daredevils for 16 crores!!!! What more, he will get free wi-fi for half an hour everyday!
— Keh Ke Peheno (@coolfunnytshirt) February 16, 2015