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‘Save Humanity’: Cricket fans do not want Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) to lift the IPL 2025 trophy. What could be the reason?
How will RCB losing IPL 2025 final save the humanity? (BCCI / IPL)
Cricket rivalries and banters go hand in hand. Royal Challengers Bangalore’s IPL 2025 campaign has been nothing short of remarkable. The Men in Red who are yet to lift the shiny IPL trophy became the first franchise in the ongoing season to reach the finals of the celebrated cricket tournament. This also marked RCB’s first entry to the big finals after a wait of nine long years. The exciting moment has brought a sense of relief to the camp of millions of loyal fans, as the heartache of staying winless despite three IPL final appearances (2009, 2011, 2016) has stung them since the league’s inception.
But, there is a section on social media that doesn’t want the Bengaluru-based franchise to win the coveted cup. But why?
Save Humanity
Curious? So were we. Thankfully for us, a user on ‘X’, seemingly baffled by the “save humanity” posts targeted directly at the RCB team, asked the question out in the open.
“What’s this ‘Save humanity, don’t let RCB win’ stuff? Lol. Why is there so much obsession with a team that hasn’t won a trophy?” a user who goes by the handle @Kourageous7 asked.
Another IPL fan, baffled by the unusual trend, asked the community what was the harm if a winless franchise finally won.
Endless Posts
There is no mention of RCB explicitly in the majority of these “save humanity” posts. These IPL fans have gone as far as to supporting the rival opponents in hopes of seeing RCB on the losing side.
‘Toxic Fan Base’
One stand-out response to questions raised by folks online as to why humanity would be intact if RCB did not win was the presence of a few “toxic” fans that back the Royal Challengers Bangalore.
The fans of opponent teams believed that RCB fans engaged in online trolling and spreading negativity. Digvesh Rathi, the star spinner of Lucknow Super Giants, was trolled mercilessly on Instagram recently when he attempted to run RCB’s Jitesh Sharma out at the non-striker’s end.
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“bcz of the abusive n toxic nature of the fandom, (sic)” wrote one ‘X’ commenter in response.
“Agree but their fanbse is turnoff, I hope Kohli gets it still.”
“It’s less about the team and more about the fans who are clowns.”
One simply wrote: “Noise Pollution.”
While others backed RCB.
“It’s the only missing box for RCB and hence the rivals are fearing if they win the coveted first trophy it’s gonna be endgame for the blues and yellows of the IPL world,” an IPL follower wrote.
“Hating RCB fan base must be the funniest thing. They are the most loyal fan base in the league with their loyalty on par with the elite European football club fanbases.”
RCB Race To Finals
When the rivalries and banters are dialled up to the highest level, it’s also worth remembering that Royal Challengers Bangalore have raced to the finals of IPL 2025, thanks to a dominating win against the solid Shreyas Iyer’s Punjab Kings side in the Qualifier 1.
Played on May 29 at Mullanpur on Thursday, the Qualifier 1 between PBKS and RCB became a one-sided affair after Punjab was asked to bat first and the side crumbled to a paltry 101. Suyash Sharma and Josh Hazlewood registered three-fers, before Phil Salt’s half-century took Bengaluru over the finish line with exactly 10 overs to spare.
Fortunately for Punjab, being the table toppers has given them another shot at claiming the trophy when they meet Mumbai Indians in Qualifier 2 scheduled for Sunday, June 1. Mumbai Indians emerged victorious on Friday night against the Gujarat Titans in a thrilling Eliminator when they managed to defend the target of 229 runs. Shubman Gill’s spirited GT fell short of 20 runs in the end.
Virat Kohli
All eyes will now be glued on Virat Kohli on June 3 his side takes on the winners of Qualifier 2 (PBKS Vs MI). Kohli, who has been the face of the franchise since the league kickstarted, has had a tremendous IPL 2025.
He gave RCB his youth, his prime, his everything and asked for nothing but a dream. Tonight, that dream is just one match away. Let it come home to him. pic.twitter.com/hKazFo3hUr— Out Of Context Cricket (@GemsOfCricket) May 29, 2025
The 36-year-old superstar has accumulated 614 runs at an impressive average of 55.82.
Anurag Verma, News Editor at News18.com, works independently for the Viral section. Bollywood, Cricket, Science, Tech, YouTube, Reddit, Meme Origins and everything Pop-culture are his forte. He covers humourous…Read More
Anurag Verma, News Editor at News18.com, works independently for the Viral section. Bollywood, Cricket, Science, Tech, YouTube, Reddit, Meme Origins and everything Pop-culture are his forte. He covers humourous… Read More
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