RCB to face 'Drake Curse'? Rapper bets $750,000 on Virat Kohli's team to win IPL 2025

Canadian rapper Drake, also known as Aubrey Drake Graham, has placed a massive $750,000 bet on the Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) to lift the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2025 trophy.

With this, the Rajat Patidar-led Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) might become the latest victim of the 'Drake Curse' as whenever Drake - one of the most influential artists in hip-hop and R&B - supports a team, it ends up on the losing side.

Can RCB finally end the title drought?

Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) will be taking on the Punjab Kings (PBKS) in the final of the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2025 at the Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad on Tuesday, June 3.

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Rajat Patidar-led RCB have displayed one of their best performances in the history of the league to give themselves the best chance to finally end the trophy drought in the 18th edition of IPL.

A thing that has been very different for RCB in IPL 2025 has been the lack of overdependence on one player. There have been nine heroes in 15 games, and their journey to the summit clash has been anything but a one-man show.

They will back themselves to beat Shreyas Iyer-led Punjab Kings and will be high on confidence after registering a dominant win over the same team in Qualifier 1.

The head-to-head record between RCB and PBKS has been even-steven as the two teams are locked at 18 wins each. However, RCB have beaten PBKS in five of their last six encounters.

Rapper Drake goes berserk with $750,000 bet on RCB

Ahead of the RCB vs PBKS final, Drake took to his official Instagram handle to reveal that he has placed a $750,000 bet via Stake.com on the Royal Challengers Bengaluru to lift the cup. He wrote the caption: "Ee sala cup namde" on his Instagram post.

Drake bets on RCB 😭 pic.twitter.com/1abOBnWtWf

— Kevin (@imkevin149) June 2, 2025

This comes as a big blow for the Virat Kohli-starrer team as the "Drake Curse" is a widely recognized superstition in sports, where fans believe that any athlete or team publicly supported by Drake suffers defeat.

The 6 God generally makes high-profile sports bets in partnership with Stake.com on sports such as Formula 1, UFC, Cricket, Soccer, NBA, Boxing and others and he lost more often than won on many of his most publicized bets.

Also Read: "Fracture hai abhi bhi...": Rajat Patidar’s shocking injury revelation ahead of IPL 2025 final

All I can say now is Ee Sala Cup Namde - Mike Hesson

Recently, the former Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) director of cricket, Mike Hesson, took to his Instagram to express his support for the Rajat Patidar-led side and backed them to lift the trophy.

"Two of my old teams #rcb & #pbks do battle in the @iplt20 Final.. I can honestly say I didn’t pick either finalist at the start of the season that said I am delighted I was wrong and a new name will be engraved on the trophy…… .

"So many players and staff at @royalchallengers.bengaluru have been waiting for this opportunity to do something special for the faithful fans, Tuesday night they will be ready. I for one will be supporting from afar. All I can say now is Ee Sala Cup Namde ❤️ . #eesalacupnamde #iplfinal #rcbvpbks," he wrote in a post on his Instagram handle.

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