Ee Sala Cup Namde meaning in English: What is the meaning of Ee Sala Cup Namde RCB slogan?

Gurpreet Singh | 27/05/2022
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Ee Sala Cup Namde meaning in English: The RCB are just a couple of hurdles away from their maiden Indian Premier League title.

During the ‘Qualifier 2’ fixture of the ongoing 15th season of the Indian Premier League at the Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad, the Rajasthan Royals (RR) have won the Toss and elected to field first against the Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB).

Both RR and RCB have gone with an unchanged playing 11 from their previous respective fixtures.

“We will bowl first. The wicket is a bit sticky and hopefully it will help our bowlers first-up. Yesterday we had a good practice session. Everyone is happy and excited for the game. Emotionally everyone is connected to the team and the franchise. Important to keep calm and cut off the noise, trust yourself and just another game of cricket. No changes for us,” remarked Sanju Samson after winning only his third Toss this IPL season.

Making it through to the final four after a Mumbai Indians (MI) victory against the Delhi Capitals, the RCB accomplished a hard-fought victory against the Lucknow Super Giants (LSG) in the ‘Eliminator’, courtesy of a match-winning maiden century by Rajat Patidar.

With the stars seeming to be perfectly aligned for the Faf du Plessis-led side, the fans have yet again began cheering their side with the popular slogan – ‘Ee Sala Cup Namde’.

Ee Sala Cup Namde meaning in English

After a forgetful IPL 2017, when the Virat Kohli-led RCB finished at the last spot in the points table, their fans took the mantle upon themselves to support their favourite franchise in their lowest phase.

This is where the ‘Ee Sala Cup Namde’ cheer originated, after a section of fans came up with this slogan in the Kannada language – spoken predominantly by the people in Karnataka – the home state of the franchise.

This Kannada slogan can be loosely translated to – ‘This year the cup is ours’, in the English language.

Despite still having not lifted the IPL title after 14 complete seasons, the RCB fans have been trolled, mercilessly at times, by their rival fans by using this very slogan against them.

Post Edited By: Gurpreet Singh
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Gurpreet Singh

Gurpreet Singh is a Cricket writer at The Sportsrush. His platonic relationship with sports had always been there since childhood, but Cricket managed to strike a special, intimate nerve of his heart. Although his initial dream of playing the sport at the highest level couldn't come to fruition, Gurpreet did represent the state of Jharkhand at the under-14 level. However, almost like taking a pledge to never let the undying passion for Cricket fade away even a tad, he made sure to continue the love relationship by assigning the field of journalism as an indirect Cupid. He thus, first finished his bachelor's in journalism and then pursued the PG Diploma course in English journalism from the Indian Institute of Mass Communication (IIMC). Soon after and since 2019, he has been working at The Sportsrush. Apart from sports, he takes keen interest in politics, and in understanding women and gender-related issues.

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