IPL 2026: BCCI has not yet released any official schedule for IPL 2026. However, this time the Karnataka government has taken a big initiative and given relief news to the fans of Bengaluru. State Deputy Chief Minister DK Shivakumar has made it clear that IPL matches will be organized in the M. Chinnaswamy Stadium next season also. This statement has come at a time when questions were being raised on the safety of the stadium after the overcrowding incident of last season.

Big decision of Karnataka government

Deputy Chief Minister DK Shivakumar, who came to cast his vote in the Karnataka State Cricket Association (KSCA) elections on Sunday, spoke to the media. He said that the state government will not send IPL out of Bengaluru under any circumstances. He gave a statement, “We will not shift the IPL to another place. Chinnaswamy Stadium is the pride of Karnataka and the matches will be held here.” His statement clearly indicates that Bengaluru will remain its home venue in IPL 2026 also.

There was an accident in the victory parade of RCB

Last season, RCB created history and won its first IPL title. There was a huge celebration in Bengaluru after the team’s victory. This joy turned into pain when a stampede broke out during the victory parade organized outside the Chinnaswamy Stadium. 11 people were killed in this stampede, while about 50 fans were injured. After this, serious questions started being raised on the security arrangements and crowd management of the stadium. Even BCCI did not organize any major international match or tournament on this ground after the accident. Women’s World Cup matches were also shifted from Bengaluru to other cities.

Is RCB looking for a new home ground?

It was claimed in social media and some reports that RCB management is considering Pune as its possible home ground, so that any controversy can be avoided in future. However, after the latest statement of the state government, the picture has become quite clear that RCB is not going anywhere from Bengaluru.

All eyes towards BCCI

Now the ball is in the court of BCCI, which will release the official schedule of IPL 2026 in the coming weeks, but after this announcement by the Karnataka government, it can be considered almost certain that the fans of Bengaluru will once again be able to watch RCB matches on their home ground.

Royal Challengers Bengaluru Start RCB Cares: 11 people were killed in the Bengaluru stampede case. The accident occurred outside the Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bengaluru on 4 June the next day of the final of IPL 2025. Thousands of people reached the Chinnaswamy Stadium to celebrate Royal Challengers Bangalore’s victory, but during this time a big accident occurred due to stampede, in which 11 families lost their loved ones. Regarding this, a statement has been issued by Royal Challengers Bangalore on Saturday, 30 August, in which it has been announced to give Rs 25-25 lakh to these 11 families as compensation.

RCB Cares Start

Royal Challengers Bangalore have given this information by sharing posts on all their social media handles. This franchise of the IPL has started a movement called RCB Cares and with this, it has been written officially that ‘our heart broke on June 4, 2025. We lost 11 members of RCB family. They were our part. This is the part that makes our city, our community and our team different from everyone. We will always remember those people in our hearts’.

RCB announces help of Rs 25 lakh

From the social media handle of RCB, it was further written that ‘no money can fulfill the shortage of those people. But as the first step and with full respect, RCB has decided to give 25-25 lakh rupees to the families of those people. This help is not only financial assistance, but compassion, unity and their care is promised ‘.

In the official statement of Royal Challengers Bangalore, it was further written that ‘RCB carers start with this. This is a commitment that will work better in memory of these people. Every step of this commitment will show what fans feel, what they expect from us and they should get that ‘.

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Our Hearts Broke on June 4, 2025.

We lost eleven members of the rcb family. They were part of us. Part of what makes our city, our community & our team unique. Their absence will echo in the memory of Each one of… pic.twitter.com/1halmHz6OS

– Royal Challengers Bengaluru (@Rcbtweets) August 30, 2025

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Virat Kohli and Royal Challengers Bangalore’s wait for 18 years ended this year, when the team won the trophy by defeating Punjab Kings in the final under the captaincy of Rajat Patidar. In its happiness, the next day i.e. on June 4, the program was organized at M Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bengaluru, but due to a large crowd, there was a stampede and many people lost their lives. RCB then expressed grief on social media and then no post was posted from his social media. About 3 months later today, on August 28, RCB posted the first and made a announcement.

On June 4, RCB shared a post while paying homage to those killed in a stampede at M Chinnaswamy Stadium. After that, all the players including Virat Kohli also did this. But since then the social media of the franchise was not active. Now after 3 months, posting today, the franchise has announced the RCB Cares relief story.

Royal Challengers Bangalore returned with RCB cares

The post shared by RCB said, “Dear 12th Man Army, this letter is for you. It is going to be 3 months when we posted our last post here. This silence was not our absence but it was mourning.”

The letter further wrote, “This place was first filled with energy, memories and moments that you enjoyed the most. But June 4 changed everything. That day broke all of us. Since then the same silence has taken this place. We are mourning in that silence. We are mourning.

Further in the RCB note wrote, “In this way RCB Cares has come into existence, it is made up of the need to honor, apply ointment and stand with its fans. Our community and fans are a platform of meaningful action coined by fans. We are coming back to this place today, not to celebrate, but not to celebrate with you. To remain proud. “

Dear 12th Man Army, this is our heartfelt letter to you!

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The Silence wasn’t absence. It was grief.

This space was on filled with energy, memories and motes that you… pic.twitter.com/g0loxauybd

– Royal Challengers Bengaluru (@Rcbtweets) August 28, 2025

The accident occurred due to poor management

From the first season of IPL, Virat Kohli is playing for Royal Challengers Bangalore, but before that the franchise had never won the IPL Trophy. After 18 years, the dream of Virat Kohli and RCB fans was fulfilled, its happiness was celebrated across the country. But the very next day this happiness turned into mourning, when many people lost their lives in a stampede outside M Chinnaswamy Stadium. The major reason behind this was to organize the program in a hurry, in which the management was bad.

11 people lost their lives in the Bengaluru stampede, so far many aspects have been revealed in this case. A commission was formed by the Government of Karnataka under the chairmanship of Justice John Michael D’Kunha for investigation. According to ESPN Cricinfo, the report submitted by the Commission to the Government of Karnataka has been described as inappropriate and insecure for the match or any other event. It was also said in the report that if big programs are organized here in future, then it will be like playing with the safety of the people.

Through this report, the Commission headed by Justice John Michael D’Kunha has convicted Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB), event management company DNA Entertainment and Karnataka Cricket Association (KSCA). It was said that the system of conducting emergency exit in the stadium is not correct, the number of entry/exit gates is not sufficient, while there is a lot of traffic on the roads around the stadium and there is not much space for parking.

Crisis hovering on World Cup

This statement of the Commission has come at a time when women ODI World Cup matches are to be played here after a few weeks. Let us know that India and Sri Lanka will be hosting the Women’s ODI World Cup 2025 and a total of 4 matches of the tournament are to be played at Chinnaswamy Maidan itself. The first match of the World Cup between India and Sri Lanka is to be played on this ground in Bengaluru.

On the other hand, KSCA has already announced that the state’s T20 franchise competition, Maharaja Trophy will be a close door event. Closed door means that no crowd will be present in the field to see the matches. This tournament is going to start from August 11. IPL and WPL matches have been played on this ground, but after the report of the Commission, the Chinnaswamy is seen falling at the stadium.

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Bengaluru stampede: The IPL 2025 champion Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) is now badly trapped in the legal digestion. The Karnataka government has given permission to prosecute RCB and Karnataka State Cricket Association (KSCA) in the case of stampede at M Chinnaswamy Stadium during the team’s Victory Parade.

The government has taken this decision on the basis of the report of the inquiry Commission, in which RCB, KSCA and DNA Entertainment Networks Private Limited have been blamed for the incident.

What was the matter?

RCB created history by winning the final of IPL 2025 on 3 June. After a long wait, the team won the title for the first time. The next day, that is, on June 4, the RCB team returned to Bangalore and a grand Victory Parade and Ceremony was held at M Chinnaswamy Stadium.

The crowd could not be controlled during this event. Excess tickets were distributed, due to which more people reached the stadium than capacity and due to chaos there was a stampede. In this painful accident, 11 people died and about 50 people were injured.

What does the inquiry commission report say?

The Karnataka government formed a single -member inquiry commission under the leadership of retired Justice John Michael Dicunha on 5 June after the incident. This report was recently submitted to the government, which has been accepted by the Karnataka Cabinet on 24 July.

In this report, RCB, KSCA and DNA Entertainment have been convicted of this accident. according to the report,

No concrete arrangements were made for mob control.

There was serious negligence in ticketing and admission system.

The administration and organizing committee ignored the security standards.

Now what next?

Karnataka Law Minister H.K. Patil has told the news agency PTI that the government has approved the report of Justice Dicunha and now RCB, KSCA and event company will be prosecuted. Along with this, the role of police and other government departments will also be investigated, because questions have also been raised on the negligence of government officials in the report of the Commission. Patil further said that in this report, the names of all the institutions and people responsible for the incident are registered and a strong investigation will be done against all.

Karnataka government blamed virat kohli video: The Karnataka government has submitted a report in the High Court in the Bengaluru stampede case. The Karnataka government has said that Royal Challengers Bangalore had not already taken any permission from the City Police to take out the Victory Parade of the IPL on 4 June. He held several events one after the other, killing 11 people in the stampede and injured more than 50 people.

The Government of Karnataka has presented this report to everyone on Thursday, 17 July. The state government had demanded the High Court to keep the report confidential, but the court said that there is no legal basis for such a request.

Government report of Karnataka

According to the report submitted by the Government of Karnataka, on June 3, the RCB had informed the police that they could take out the parade, but they did not take permission in a formal manner. The police was also not given any required notice of seven days, so that they can estimate the crowd, be ready for traffic management and any emergency.

According to the report, the PI of Kabban Park Police Station did not allow the application of the Karnataka State Cricket Association (KSCA) to the application of 6:30 pm on June 3, 2025, as till then there were both possibilities that the RCB could win and lose, so no arrangements were made.

Virat Kohli’s viral video

RCB announced on social media at 7.15 am on the morning of June 4 that a parade would be taken out from the Legislative Assembly to Chinnaswamy Stadium, which will make a free entry. This post of RCB caught the attention of the people. At the same time, in the report, the government, while referring to the video of cricketer Virat Kohli, said that when Virat came live at 8:55 am and he asked the fans to come into celebrations. Later, in the post released by RCB, it was also said that limited entry will be there.

“I’m going to feel the real side of it when we get to Bengaluru Tomorrow and Celebrate this with the City” – Virat Kohli

King kohli walks into the dressing room with abd, talks about rajat’s Leadership, Jitesh’s Smartness, and the team coming toganer to achieve this… pic.twitter.com/aqly7lhvve

– Royal Challengers Bengaluru (@Rcbtweets) June 4, 2025

While there was a capacity of only 35 thousand people in the Chinnaswamy Stadium, more than three lakh people reached that day. The report also said that there was a lot of confusion about the entry system in the crowd, due to which the crowd became panic. The stadium gates also did not open on time, due to which the mob broke some doors. The Karnataka government said at the end of the report that this accident happened due to poor planning, lack of coordination and not following the process of Associate Organizers along with RCB.

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RCB Victory Parade Stampede: The Central Administrative Tribunal has pronounced its verdict in the Bengaluru stampede case. CAT has convicted IPL franchise Royal Challengers Bangalore in an investigation into the case. CAT said that RCB had not sought proper permission and consent from the police to perform this celebration ceremony in Bengaluru.

Cat’s big decision

According to the NDTV report, the Central Tribunal ruled that ‘RCB had not sought permission from the police properly. Suddenly, RCB was posted on social media platform and with this information, a large crowd gathered there. Due to lack of time, the police could not make complete preparations. Along with this, it was said on behalf of CAT that ‘the police cannot be expected to make all arrangements within about 12 hours in such a short time’.

RCB shared the post

The team of Royal Challengers Bangalore did not win any title in the last 17 seasons. At the same time, this 18th season of IPL was named after RCB. Royal Challengers Bangalore defeated Punjab Kings in the IPL 2025 final played on 3 June. After this, the RCB team celebrated its first win at the Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad, while information was also given to remove the Victory Parade in Bangalore from the social media handle of RCB. The ongoing celebrations in Bengaluru turned into mourning, in which 11 people died and many were injured.

‘Police is no magician’

The police administration has been given a clean chit in this case on behalf of CAT and it has been said that ‘the police is also human, they are not God or any magician. These people do not have any powers like Aladdin’s lamp, which can fulfill all the desires of the people by just turning the finger on the lamp ‘.

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Bcci Rule on IPL Victory Celebration: Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) won the IPL 2025 title. This was the team’s first IPL Trophy. In such a situation, the RCB team reached Bangalore to celebrate the title win the next day. Outside the Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bengaluru, a crowd of fans became uncontrolled and a stampede occurred. 11 people died in this stampede. Now taking lessons from this accident, the Cricket Board of India (BCCI) is considering making rules to celebrate the victory in the IPL.

Creating new standards for celebration of victory in IPL will be the main issue of BCCI’s 28th Top Council meeting. This meeting is to be held on Saturday. A media report quoted the source as saying, “The need to make rules for celebration of IPL victory will be discussed during the meeting.” In this meeting of BCCI, the venue of the series against New Zealand will also be discussed.

Let us know that on June 4, lakhs of fans gathered outside the M Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bengaluru. The BCCI had admitted that it could be done in a better way. Now this whole matter will be discussed in detail in the BCCI meeting. In such a situation, it can also happen that action should be taken on RCB. By the way, its expectation is very low.

Many important issues will be discussed in the meeting of BCCI’s Appix Council. The decision will also be taken regarding which venue the series between India and New Zealand should be conducted. Also, there will be discussion on creating new standards regarding the investigation of the age of the players.

Significantly, the teams do road shows with the trophy after winning the IPL title, and celebrates in the city. However, RCB was not allowed by the police to road show. The team first went to the assembly to meet the Chief Minister and then went to Chinnaswamy Stadium.

Rcb manager nikhil sosale bail: Bangalore stampede case Royal Challengers Bangalore team marketing head Nikhil Sosale has got bail. On June 12, the Karnataka High Court granted bail to 4 officers of Royal Challengers Bangalore and DNA Entertainment Network, Nikhil Sosale is also one. On June 4, there was a stampede outside the M Chinnaswamy Stadium, in which 11 people died. On June 6, 4 people including Nikhil Sosale were arrested.

Nikhil Sosale has got bail on the condition of depositing passports. Remind that the Karnataka High Court had postponed the hearing in this case till Wednesday. Now, besides the marketing head of Justice SR Krishna Kumar Royal Challengers Sports Private Limited, Nikhil Sosale passed the order for bail by accepting the petitions of 3 others.

The argument was presented by the petitioners that he was arrested on the orders of Chief Minister Siddaramaiah without any investigation. He also said that he was arrested by the police, who had no right to conduct any investigation or arrest in the stampede case. At the same time, the state government stated the arrest of 4 people right and said that the police had arrested all the legal procedures and arrested them.

The court had put a question in front of the CM of Karnataka whether he had issued an order to arrest RCB officials in the stampede case. The government has not said anything about this in its arguments or written statements. Remind you that in the FIR lodged by the police, it was written that the crowd of millions outside the Chinnaswamy Stadium was gathered due to the social media post shared by RCB.

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Bengaluru chinnaswamy stampede update: After the RCB’s title victory in IPL 2025, the High Court has reserved its order while hearing a bail plea filed on behalf of four accused arrested in the case of stampede and deaths outside the Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bengaluru. The Karnataka High Court will pronounce the verdict tomorrow at 2:30 pm on Thursday, on the petition of 3 other accused, including Nikhil Sosh. Earlier, during the hearing of the case, the state government counsel said that the program to be held at Chinnaswamy Stadium was a kind of agreement between three people- RCB, BCCI and Karnataka State Cricket Association. The permission of the police administration was not taken for this.

During the hearing of the petition filed on behalf of RCB’s marketing manager Nikhil Sose, the state government counsel said that if any such program was prepared by RCB, he had not informed the state government and the police in advance of this program. However, 1 hour before the final, the police were told by the RCB that they are preparing to do the program in this manner and to take out the Victory Parade, if the RCB wins, but that too was not only given permission.

The state government’s counsel said that if permission was to be taken, for such a program, at least 7 days ago should have been taken. Everyone was publicly invited for this program, whereas only the followers of RCB are in lakhs. In such a situation, there was no explanation about who is being called or who is not.

When the court asked the state government counsel, in this sense you are saying that the entire program was also organized illegally. If this is the case then action should be taken in that way. The government’s counsel said that because no one had complete information about the program to be held at Chinnaswamy Stadium. Thousands of people started gathering above different gates of Chinnaswamy Stadium and as a result, there was a stampede.

Justifying Nikhil’s arrest, the government lawyer argued that if the matter was arrested, he bought a ticket for air travel at around 11 pm and a flight of 4 in the morning, which clearly shows that he wanted to leave Bengaluru without police information.

On behalf of the state government, the court was told that the investigation was transferred to the CID on June 5 and the CID has registered a case from June 6 and took forward the investigation. What did the public give invitations about the program to be held at Chinnaswamy Stadium, but it was not told how many people will get free tickets. Meanwhile, the government lawyer also made it clear that the government had nothing to do with this program, it was a complete RCB program.

The counsel for the accused said that when the CID registered the case on the 6th, on what basis these accused were arrested on the night of 5, along with the information and documents that were given to the accused at the time of arrest, they were not given information and documents. The lawyer of the accused said that the arrest of these people in this case was made because the Chief Minister of the state had directed the arrest.

The lawyer of the accused said that you accused the accused that they called the winning team to celebrate the victory at the Chinnaswamy Stadium, in such a way that the Deputy Chief Minister of the state had also called the winning team. The state government counsel said that the program that was done to celebrate the victory had nothing to do with the Deputy Chief Minister of the state.