Royal Challengers Bengaluru have vowed to work in close quarters with stadium authorities, stakeholders, and sporting bodies to design better crowd management protocols. The initiative comes three months after 11 people lost their lives and several were injured in the Bengaluru stampede that occurred after RCB’s IPL 2025 win. At present, the Karnataka government has given no permission to host any matches at the M Chinnaswamy stadium as it was deemed unsafe by the Justice Cunha Commission.
RCB vows to make better crowd management protocols
Taking to social media platform X, RCB informed that the team will work towards not only creating better crowd management protocols but also invest in independent research on crowd safety. The slew of measures is a part of the ‘RCB CARES’ programme that the team introduced after breaking their silence on social media 85 days post the stampede. Apart from these, RCB has also assured financial support for the families affected by the stampede.
Effect of Bengaluru stampede
In the aftermath of the Bengaluru stampede, the Justice Cunha Commission, in its report, stated that the M Chinnaswamy stadium was unfit to hold large public events. The Commission’s report claimed that the stadium’s “design and structure” are inherently “unsuitable and unsafe” for mass gatherings. It stated that hosting any mass events in the future would be an unacceptable risk to public safety. The Commission blamed RCB, DNA Entertainment and the KSCA for the tragedy.
As a result, Women’s Cricket World Cup matches and the Maharaja Trophy matches were denied permission to be hosted at the venue and have been moved out of Bengaluru. While this is a huge blow for the Karnataka State Cricket Association (KSCA), it is also a matter of concern for RCB, who could potentially end up being homeless in IPL 2026.
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