IPL 2018: Will RCB open its account against KXIP at home ground today?

Under Virat Kohli's leadership, Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) will look to get their act together in the eighth match of Indian Premier League (IPL 2018) against Ravichandran Ashwin's Kings XI Punjabat their home ground in Bengaluru. RCB had lost their opening game against Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR), while KXIP had won theirs versus Delhi Daredevils because of an explosive, record-breaking knowck by K L Rahul.

Playing at Bengaluru's Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bengaluru, Kohli's RCB will look to open its account in this season of IPL 2018, while KXIP will try to strengthen its position at the league stage with more points. Both KXIP and RCB, besides Delhi Daredevils, have yet to win an IPL title in the 10 editions that have taken place since before the present one. Royal Challengers Bangalore need to change some of their tactics in today's match to get on to the winning ways. Despite having the firepower in the batting line-up, RCB has not yet been able to score big.

RCB, led by star India captain Virat Kohli, lost to Kolkata Knight Riders in their first match after Sunil Narine snatched victory with a 17-ball fifty and Nitish Rana removed AB de Villiers and Kohli in the same over. Kings XI Punjab won their first game of the season against Delhi Daredevils on the back of Rahul's feat of fastest IPL fifty in just 14 balls.

Vijay Mallya arrested in London, gets bail; could be extradited to India

Businessman Vijay Mallya has reportedly been arrested in London by Scotland Yard just weeks after UK set in motion the process of extradition of the industrialist who has been declared a proclaimed offender.

Mallya fled to UK in March 2016 after being pursued in courts by banks seeking to recover about Rs 9,000 crore owed by his Kingfisher Airline.

Last month, the British government certified India's request and sent it to a district judge for further action.

CNBC-TV18 on Tuesday reported that Mallya has been produced in a local court in the UK and will soon be handed over to India.

Mallya, however, later tweeted that the whole arrest issue was "the usual Indian media hype" and that it was only the scheduled court hearing on extradition that had taken place:

Vijay Mallya 

✔@TheVijayMallya

Usual Indian media hype. Extradition hearing in Court started today as expected.

Mallya has avoided several summon notices from Indian courts.  

Despite multiple injunctions, he has failed to appear before investigators at the Enforcement Directorate in connection with a probe under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA).

Earlier in January this year, a CBI court had issued a non-bailable warrant against Mallya in the Rs 720-crore IDBI Bank loan default case.

Mallya, whose now-defunct Kingfisher Airlines owes more than Rs 9,000 crore to various banks, had fled India on March 2, 2016.

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Vijay Mallya arrested in London, likely to be extradited to India

Businessman Vijay Mallya has reportedly been arrested in London by Scotland Yard just weeks after UK set in motion the process of extradition of the industrialist who has been declared a proclaimed offender.

Mallya fled to UK in March 2016 after being pursued in courts by banks seeking to recover about Rs 9,000 crore owed by his Kingfisher Airline.

Last month, the British government certified India's request and sent it to a district judge for further action.

CNBC-TV18 on Tuesday reported that Mallya has been produced in a local court in the UK and will soon be handed over to India.

Mallya has avoided several summon notices from Indian courts.
Despite multiple injunctions, he has failed to appear before investigators at the Enforcement Directorate in connection with a probe under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA).

Earlier in January this year, a CBI court had issued a non-bailable warrant against Mallya in the Rs 720-crore IDBI Bank loan default case.

Mallya, whose now-defunct Kingfisher Airlines owes more than Rs 9,000 crore to various banks, had fled India on March 2, 2016.

No high-profile extradition has taken place from the UK to India since a treaty was signed in 1993, though India has extradited a number of Britons, including Maninderpal Singh, convicted of raping and murdering a British teenager, who had fled to India.
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