New Delhi: On Saturday, it was time for a second Southern Derby in the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2025 as the Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) took on Chennai Super Kings (CSK) in a return clash of the tournament, this time at the M. Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bengaluru. No matter the love being shared between the players of the two sides, scenes outside the stadium ahead of the clash told a different story altogether.
For those who have visited a stadium for a cricket game, it must be easy to imagine the scenes that go on outside the ground. Fans of either side often engage in tussles, trolling each other all for the sake of their beloved franchise or the player that they go gaga about. However, on the Saturday evening, the RCB fans went a step ahead and sold ‘jail jerseys’ to mock the CSK fans.
These jerseys resembled the outlook of a prisoner’s shirt, which is usually white in colour with black stripes on it. The jerseys were highly customised, specifically for the CSK fans who had come to the Karnataka capital to witness the highly anticipated clash. White in colour, the jerseys had “2016-2017” imprinted on them, signifying the two years CSK were banished from the IPL, due to match-fixing charges.
Several fans who were present at the scene made videos and clicked pictures of the incident, which soon went viral on the internet. While every CSK fan fumed over the “cheap” trolling tactic of RCBians, highlighting how low they can stoop, the RCB supporters fell in love with the unique way of trolling their southern arch-rivals. The stalls had the tags of “Special RCB vs CSK jersey,” which tickled the funny bones of the RCB fans.
Here’s the video of RCB fans selling “jail jerseys” to mock CSK –
RCB FANS IN CHINNASWAMY SELLING THE OFFICIAL CSK JERSY OF 2016-17
Friendship level 💫#CSKvsRCB #RCBvsCSK #IPL2025 pic.twitter.com/iCsPdy6G0k— Cinema daily (@cinema_daily1) May 3, 2025
RCB fans at Chinnaswamy cheering on CSK fans in throwback 2016/17 jerseys… this isn’t just cricket, it’s pure nostalgia.
Rivalry with respect—only in the IPL!🦁👑 pic.twitter.com/68lEcdkMVT— Shilpa Sahu (@shilpasahu432) May 3, 2025
Scenes of fan war broke outside the M. Chinnaswamy Stadium before the RCB vs CSK IPL 2025 clash, in which the RCBians went a step ahead and sold ‘jail jerseys’ to mock the CSK fans. Cricket Sports News: Latest Cricket News, Cricket Live Score, Sports Breaking News from Sports Today
