New Delhi, March 22 -- There is a new twist in the race for the possible sale of reigning IPL champions Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB), with a consortium of Aditya Birla Group and David Blitzer, an American sports investor, entering the race, Moneycontrol reported on Sunday.

Should the Aditya Birla and David Blitzer group officially enter the fray, it will become a three-way bidding battle, with a consortium led by Manipal Hospitals' Dr Ranjan Pai, US private equity firm KKR and Singapore investment major Temasek and the combination of Swedish private equity firm EQT and Premji Invest also entering the race.

Premiji Invest was founded by Wipro founder Azim Premji.

"The Birla-Blitzer consortium, which had thrown its hat in the ring f...