- Thursday, February 27, 2025
By: Shubham Ghosh
TWITTER went abuzz on Wednesday (22) over a picture shared by controversial Indian tycoon Vijay Mallya showing himself and ace West Indies cricketer Chris Gayle from a party held in the UK.
Mallya, who used to own the Indian Premier League (IPL) franchise Royal Challengers Bangalore for which Gayle played for seven seasons, recalled the old days, tweeting, “Great to catch up with my good friend Christopher Henry Gayle @henrygayle, the Universe Boss. Super friendship since I recruited him for RCB. Best acquisition of a player ever.”
Great to catch up with my good friend Christopher Henry Gayle @henrygayle , the Universe Boss. Super friendship since I recruited him for RCB. Best acquisition of a player ever. pic.twitter.com/X5Ny9d6n6t
— Vijay Mallya (@TheVijayMallya) June 22, 2022
The tweet by Mallya made the fans of Gayle and RCB nostalgic since the southpaw had played some memorable knocks for the franchise, people were more concerned about the fact that the fugitive businessman was enjoying his time in the UK and the Indian government could not still catch him.
Mallya owes 17 Indian banks an estimated Rs 9,000 crore and is accused of money-laundering. He is currently fighting extradition from the UK.
Gayle also shared a picture on his Instagram account where he is seen with British prime minister Boris Johnson holding a cricket bat and posing as a batter.
Given that Gayle’s attire looked the same in both his pictures with Mallya and Johnson, Twitter also said that it seemed Mallya was in company of influential people and because of his money power, there could be little possibility of the Indian government arresting him.
It feels like Vijay malya is attending the same meet where Uk president is also present. This shows the power of money and the low possibility of he bieng arrested by Indian government.
Seems like a good support to him by Uk officials pic.twitter.com/40k7Nn51Wy— Aman verma (@AmanAmanv99) June 22, 2022
Sharam ani chahiye government or vijay malya ko…desh ko lut kr bhag gye ..abhi tak yeh pakda bhi nhi gya…besharam aadmi vijay malya. ..kaisi government he abhi tak yeh jail me kyu nhi he .I hate these things…desh ko barbad kr diya en government ne or godi media he
— Himanshu Kumar (@himanshu281941) June 22, 2022
Did you hire him with the same SBI loan money ??
— Crish Bhatia ?? (@BhatiaCrish) June 22, 2022
