When Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) clinched the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2025 title on June 3, the cricketing world erupted with joy, showering the franchise with praise. After an 18-year wait, Virat Kohli, the team owners, and fans finally experienced the triumph of becoming IPL champions. Even Siddharth Mallya, son of RCB’s former owner Vijay Mallya, joined the celebration by posting a video on Instagram. However, the social media platform later removed the video due to copyright infringement claims.Go Beyond The Boundary with our YouTube channel. SUBSCRIBE NOW!In an Instagram video, Siddharth explained that he was temporarily banned from posting because of the copyright issue. On Monday, he shared his side of the story, revealing that after investigating, he found out the IPL authorities had requested Instagram to take down his video.“For some reason, Instagram decided to take the video down and proceeded to ban me from interacting on the app,” he said.He continued, “The ban was lifted yesterday. It turns out that after I got to the bottom of this, the video was brought down because IPL complained and said that I have violated their copyright police, which is absolutely nuts to me. The video was less than a minute long, and it was about me and my emotions. It’s crazy that they took away my opportunity to celebrate and interact with fans. I am upset about it and it’s sad on the part of IPL. Such is life.”
Following RCB’s victory, Mallya posted a heartfelt video of himself celebrating the win against Punjab Kings in the final. The clip featured a TV screen showing the broadcast footage which was deemed ‘copyrighted content.’“Eighteen long years… I don’t even know what to say,” he said in the now-removed video, fighting back tears.
