On Wednesday evening, Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) astonished their fans after they removed the profile, cover pictures across their social media platforms. Even the RCB captain Virat Kohli seems not to be informed of their latest twitter account activity.
The right-arm spinner Yuzvendra Chahal and AB de Villiers had also shown their concern about the sudden activity on the franchise’s Twitter account. Chahal labelled it as a ‘new googly’ from the franchise.
Now, Kohli has also joined them. He was surprised that despite being the skipper he was not informed about the big step taken by the Bengaluru-based franchise.
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Virat on his Twitter handle wrote: “Posts disappear and the captain isn’t informed. @rcbtweets, let me know if you need any help,” Kohli posted.
Posts disappear and the captain isn’t informed. ? @rcbtweets, let me know if you need any help.
— Virat Kohli (@imVkohli) February 13, 2020
Folks at @rcbtweets, what’s happened to our social media accounts? ? Hope it’s just a strategy break. ??
— AB de Villiers (@ABdeVilliers17) February 12, 2020
Arey @rcbtweets, what googly is this? ? Where did your profile pic and Instagram posts go? ?
— Yuzvendra Chahal (@yuzi_chahal) February 12, 2020
On micro photo-blogging website Instagram as well, RCB has deleted the profile photo.
The reason behind this big step might be the franchise’s new deal with the sponsors.
They have announced a new three-year deal with Muthoot Fincorp Ltd, a part of the Muthoot Pappachan Group, popularly known as Muthoot Blue, a diversified conglomerate in the financial services industry.
Getting new sponsors means that there might be changes in the logos and name of the franchise.
Meanwhile, the IPL fans are excited to see their favourites in new jersey for the 13th edition of the Indian Premier League (IPL).