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‘From Washington with cheers’: Shashi Tharoor & Tejasvi Surya celebrate RCB’s historic win across borders

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‘From Washington with cheers’: Shashi Tharoor & Tejasvi Surya celebrate RCB’s historic win across borders
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  • Shashi Tharoor and Tejasvi Surya celebrated RCB’s IPL win from Washington DC
  • Both leaders posted congratulatory messages and a video on social media
  • Their moment united cricket fans beyond politics and across borders

While Bengaluru’s skies lit up with fireworks and chants of “Ee Sala Cup Namde,” the joy of Royal Challengers Bengaluru’s historic IPL victory resonated thousands of miles away, in Washington DC.

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Indian MPs Shashi Tharoor and Tejasvi Surya, currently on an official visit to the United States as part of a multi-party delegation, joined the global wave of celebration, expressing their excitement as soon as they landed.

BJP MP Tejasvi Surya shared a video on X, moments after touchdown in Washington, declaring: “Wishing RCB from Washington DC upon our touchdown.” Standing beside him in the video was Congress MP Shashi Tharoor, who, too, is a longtime RCB supporter.Surya remarked that they were mid-air during the final moments of the IPL 2025 final but checked the result immediately after landing.


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Tharoor added in a separate post, “First thing I did upon landing in Washington was to check the #IPLFinal score. Very happy for @imVkohli that he #18 laid his hands on the trophy after 18 years of service!”


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This rare bipartisan moment of sporting joy stood out in an otherwise politically polarised landscape, with two ideologically different leaders united by a cricket team and a long-awaited dream.

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