
Sanjeev Kumar
khelja|25-03-2026

The name of the new owner of RCB is Aryaman Birla. But, do you know that 28 year old Aryaman himself has been a cricketer? Before becoming the owner of RCB, he was also associated with IPL as a player? Have played domestic cricket. However, his cricket career ended at the age of just 22. After all, what was the reason that Aryaman Birla had to retire from cricket at the age of building his career? Aryaman Birla has been made the chairman of RCB, which was sold for Rs 16727 crore. He is now the head of the most expensive team of IPL.
Now the question is why did Aryaman Birla retire from cricket at the age of 22? Aryaman Birla left cricket in 2019. The reason for his retirement from cricket was related to mental health. He had said that he wants to give priority to his mental health and for that he is taking an indefinite break from cricket. However, later he completely distanced himself from cricket.
Before becoming the owner of the IPL team, Aryaman Birla was associated with this league as a player. He was a part of Rajasthan Royals team in IPL 2018. However, he did not get a chance to play even a single match there. Aryaman Birla had made his debut in domestic cricket a year before entering the IPL as a player. He made his first class debut for Madhya Pradesh in the year 2017. Aryaman Birla played his first first class match against Orissa. After this, his List A debut was against Hyderabad in 2018.
Aryaman Birla's cricket career lasted only for 2 years. During this period he could not play even a single match in IPL. At the same time, his performance in domestic cricket was not such that his career could take off. Aryaman Birla played only 9 first class and 4 List A matches for Madhya Pradesh. In his first class career, he scored 414 runs at an average of 27.60 with 1 century and 1 half-century. His performance was even worse in List A, where he scored only 36 runs at an average of 12.00.




