Bollywood actress Urvashi Rautela has triggered another frenzy on social media this time with her IPL 2025 team picks. In a recent conversation, the glamorous diva revealed her support for Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) and Lucknow Super Giants (LSG). While celebrity team preferences during the IPL usually elicit wild excitement, Urvashi’s choice raised more than simply eyebrows.
Fans wasted no time in observing how such a thing was her change in favorites from last season when she openly supported Delhi Capitals, the team that once played under Rishabh Pant, who happens to be India’s not-so-little explosive wicketkeeper-batter. Ironically, he now plays for Lucknow, having been sold off to the franchise for a massive record ₹27 crore at the IPL 2025 auction in Jeddah, making him the highest-paid IPL player ever. Netizens drew the lines almost instantly.
There now are fresh rumors that there is some connection between the two, with Urvashi backing the franchise of Pant in its new form. While neither Urvashi nor Rishabh has confirmed anything, however, the tabloid town has been rife with their storyline in hidden social media postings and sometimes-bumping interviews.
Both have, however, outright denounced such gossip, yet fans continue with the close observation of their interactions. Especially Urvashi just maintains that she prefers ‘not being the subject of the rumors.
This is the place of ultrabook cricket becoming connected with Bollywood stars-and this is not the first time an actor has featured in the headlines because of cricket. From stadium appearances to not-so-subliminal nods-kissing and clinging to both crickets and their fans who keep their fingers crossed even during the drama offstage.
Whether Urvashi’s team pick was just a personal choice or a quiet nod to something more, there is no denying one fact: fans are watching keenly. Rishabh Pant leading LSG’s charge and Urvashi cheering him from afar, this season of IPL is serving cricket with doses of much more enjoyable entertainment both on and off the pitch.
