Fans waving as a bus bearing the IPL 2025 winning team Royal Challengers Bengaluru will arrive at the Chinnaswamy Stadium (PTI Photo) New Delhi: What was supposed to be a day of pure joy and celebrations turned into one of the sadness and heart break as a tragic snippery in front of the M. Chinnaswamy stadium, the Bengalur Stadium, on Wednesday claimed 11 lives and injured 33 others. The incident occurred during the Royal Challengers Bengalur’s (RCB), which is expected by a show of victory, celebrating its historical first Premier League (IPL) after 18 long years.Go beyond the border with our YouTube channel. Subscribe!As a result of the tragedy, cricket Krunal Pandy shared an emotional remark on social media. “Yesterday’s event was to share our joy with you and turned into a heartbreaking tragedy 💔 broadcasting my condolences and prayers to families that mourn,” he wrote on Instagram.His report reflected the feelings of many players and fans who were shaken by a terrible turn of the event.The stadium was followed by a short celebration, when the captain of the Rajat Patidar team and the star player Virat Kohli addressed the wrapped crowd and introduced the trophy before the event was soon closed.Virat Kohli, visibly desperate, later published on Instagram: “In loss of words. Absolutely gutted.” His wife, actor Anushka Sharma, also shared an official RCB statement and expressed his own grief over the loss of life. The tragedy plunged a heavy shadow over what should be for RCB a festive milestone and his passionate fanbase.
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Former RCB Legend AB de Villiers, who was also present at the event, expressed his sadness on X (formerly Twitter): “My thoughts and prayers are with all the affected tragic events at the Chinnaswama stadium.”Initial reports suggest that overcrowding and insufficient measures to control the crowd outside the stadium contributed to chaos. Thousands of fans gathered in the hope of seeing their cricket heroes, but led to tragic crush without administered fans.The incident made extensive challenges to better plan the security and management of the crowd at major events. What was supposed to mean a long-awaited victory has now become a moment of national sadness-a reminder of how celebrations can quickly become tragic without sufficient preventive measures.
