India, March 26 -- Mohandas Pai and Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw have come out in support of Vijay Mallya, crediting him for building Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) into a valuable brand after its recent ownership transition.

The reactions come after Mallya shared a nostalgic note on X, reflecting on his association with the franchise. "I would like to heartily congratulate the new owners of RCB. I wish them the very best and Godspeed with the most valuable IPL franchise. When I bought the franchise in 2008 for INR 450 crores, most people laughed at me and criticised my investment as a vanity project. Behind my much touted madnesses was building the Royal Challenge brand and hence I named the franchise RCB. Immensely gratifying to see my INR 4...