India, June 6 -- Lalit Modi has shared a snippet from a recent interview of Vijay Mallya, in which the latter speaks about buying the Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) team and being a part of the Indian Premier League (IPL). In his post, Modi, the architect of IPL, praised Mallya for "believing in his dreams" and labelled him as a "good friend".

"How did my good friend #vijaymallya buy @royalchallengers.bengaluru team in the @iplt20 I created. Hear from the man himself. He was the first person to support me making the #ipl blindly. Also was its biggest sponsor and has since day one been its most loyal ardent fan and followers. For which I will always be grateful," Lalit Modi wrote.

He added, "One must give credit where credit is due. F...