Earlier than their Indian Premier League (IPL) 2024 season opener in opposition to defending champions Chennai Tremendous Kings (CSK), the Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) hosted a grand RCB Unbox occasion 2024 at their residence floor, M Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bengaluru on Tuesday, March 19.
RCB unbox occasion 2024: A grand celebration
This occasion held particular significance because it adopted RCB (Girls) clinching the Girls’s Premier League (WPL) championship, including to the celebratory environment. Among the many highlights, RCB unveiled their new group identify and showcased their brand-new jersey for the upcoming season. Famend Norwegian DJ and music producer Alan Walker, experiencing his first go to to India, was overwhelmed by the nice and cozy reception he acquired.
Alan Walker’s particular second: Jersey presentation by Virat Kohli and others
In the course of the occasion, Walker was introduced with a particular reward from RCB’s esteemed trio – Virat Kohli, Smriti Mandhana and Faf du Plessis. They introduced him with a newly branded jersey that includes the distinctive quantity zero. Whereas some have been puzzled by the weird selection of quantity, a fan account tried to make clear the rationale behind it.
Virat Kohli, Faf and Smriti gifting Alan Walker the brand new RCB jersey. 👊 pic.twitter.com/LVK5npprC8
— Mufaddal Vohra (@mufaddal_vohra) March 19, 2024
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The thriller behind Walker’s distinctive jersey quantity
In accordance with the account, Walker has a Secret Walker Neighborhood for his followers, the place every member is assigned a quantity upon becoming a member of. Since Alan himself was the primary member, he acquired the quantity 0, with subsequent members assigned numbers so as of becoming a member of.
Alan has a Secret Walker Neighborhood, a group for his followers, the place he provides each walker (fan) becoming a member of the group a quantity
It is Alan’s group he joined it first therefore he obtained the quantity 0, like I obtained the quantity 77992
— PS W47K3R (@w47k3r77992) March 19, 2024
Including to the joy, Walker delighted the gang by performing the favored Indian music ‘Salaam Rocky Bhai’ from the hit movie, KGF. The Chinnaswamy Stadium erupted with cheers as Walker showcased his musical abilities in entrance of the enthusiastic viewers.
WTH!🤯🌋🔥#AlanWalker performed on for ‘Salaam Rocky Bhai’🤏🏼😎#KGF @KGFTheFilm @hombalefilms #RCB #RCBUnbox #IPL2024 @TheNameIsYash pic.twitter.com/oKW5ozMROD
— ಸನತ್ ಕುಮಾರ್ (@IamSanathKumar) March 19, 2024
Vinay Kumar inducted into corridor of fame
Along with the jersey unveiling, the franchise introduced a major change of their identify, now often called Royal Challengers Bengaluru. In addition they honored former cricketer Vinay Kumar by inducting him into the Corridor of Fame, becoming a member of different esteemed RCB gamers equivalent to AB de Villiers and Chris Gayle. To commemorate the historic victory of Mandhana and her group in opposition to Delhi Capitals within the WPL closing, the lads’s group paid tribute with a guard of honor, acknowledging their exceptional achievement.
Thanks a lot for this excellent gesture, means so much 🙏 @RCBTweets pic.twitter.com/F5ns8s1pbu
— Vinay Kumar R (@Vinay_Kumar_R) March 19, 2024