Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) clinched their first-ever IPL title on 03 June 2025, ending an 18-year wait by narrowly defeating Punjab Kings by 6 runs. Celebrations erupted nationwide, with fans in Bengaluru and other cities taking to the streets waving flags and cheering. However, the victory celebrations in Bengaluru turned tragic as a stampede caused several casualties.
A video showing people dancing on the streets while waving Indian and saffron flags has gone viral on social media (here, here, and here), with claims that it captures RCB fans celebrating their victory in Bengaluru. Let’s verify the truth behind the video in this article.
Claim: The video shows RCB fans celebrating their 2025 IPL victory on the streets of Bengaluru.
Fact: The video predates RCB’s IPL victory in June 2025. It has been online since at least 30 June 2024. The visuals were shot near Shivaji Chowk, Kavlapur, Kolhapur in Maharashtra, not in Bengaluru. Hence, the claim made in the post is FALSE.
To verify the claim, we performed a reverse image search of the keyframes from the viral video, which led us to multiple social media posts featuring the same video (here, here) (archived) dated 30 June 2024. These posts claimed that the visuals show people celebrating India’s victory against South Africa in the T20 World Cup final held on 29 June 2024.
Upon closer observation, we spotted ‘Malkar Sweet Shop’ in Marathi in the video. Using this, we geolocated the spot to Bhausingji Road near Shivaji Chowk, Kavlapur, Kolhapur. The location in the video matches the view on Google Maps Street View. The comparison can be seen below.
However, we could not independently verify the exact date when this video was recorded, but based on the available evidence, it is clear that it predates RCB’s IPL victory in June 2025.
To sum up, an old video from Maharashtra is falsely shared as RCB fans celebrating the 2025 IPL victory in Bengaluru.
