Before the Vijay Hazare Trophy, disappointing news has come out for the cricket fans in Bengaluru. Star batsman Virat Kohli will no longer be seen playing in the M. Chinnaswamy Stadium. Due to security reasons, the venue of all the Vijay Hazare Trophy matches to be held in Bengaluru has been changed. Now these matches will be played at BCCI Center of Excellence instead of M. Chinnaswamy Stadium.

This decision has been taken on the instructions of the Karnataka government. An official of Karnataka State Cricket Association (KSCA) has confirmed this. Due to the change, the match between Delhi and Andhra Pradesh on Wednesday will also be played at the new venue. Both Virat Kohli and Rishabh Pant are expected to play in this match, but fans will not be able to see them in the stadium.

Entire plan changed due to security reasons

The Karnataka Home Ministry had informed KSCA about the security concerns on Tuesday morning. After this, the decision was taken immediately and informed to all the concerned teams. Not only the matches, but the pre-match training sessions of both the teams will now be held at the BCCI Center of Excellence.

The biggest thing is that spectators will not be allowed entry in any match of Vijay Hazare Trophy to be held in Bengaluru. This means that fans will not be able to go to the stadium and see Virat Kohli, Rishabh Pant and other star players playing. This decision has been taken completely keeping the security arrangements in mind.

There was already tremendous excitement about Virat Kohli’s return to domestic cricket. After almost 15 years, he is playing in Vijay Hazare Trophy. In such a situation, the fans who were expecting his performance at Chinnaswamy Stadium have got a big shock. Now all eyes will be on how the Delhi team performs in the changed conditions and how Virat Kohli starts in domestic ODI cricket.

Before IPL 2026, good news has come for Royal Challengers Bangalore team. The Karnataka government has given permission to host matches at M Chinnaswamy Stadium. After winning the trophy in the last edition, RCB celebrated the victory in this stadium. Many people lost their lives in the stampede outside the stadium, then there was a ban on organizing matches here.

According to the report of ESPNcricinfo, newly elected KSCA chief Venkatesh Prasad has received approval from the Karnataka government to host the match, a week after winning the elections. After this, the way has been cleared for M Chinnaswamy Stadium to come back on the BCCI radar. It is believed that BCCI has also been informed about the recent developments.

Will Virat Kohli play in Chinnaswamy before IPL 2026?

According to the report, it is clear that Royal Challengers Bangalore will play its home matches at M Chinnaswamy Stadium in 2026 also, but even before this league, Virat Kohli can be seen playing here. Delhi can play here in Vijay Hazare Trophy. Let us tell you that Virat Kohli will be seen playing in Vijay Hazare Trophy, he plays for Delhi team in domestic.

According to reports, Karnataka State Cricket Association is considering shifting Delhi’s Vijay Hazare Trophy matches to Aloor due to security and logistics issues. According to the current information, Virat Kohli and Rishabh Pant have been included in the Delhi team. Both may be available for the first three matches.

Fans will get entry in Vijay Hazare Trophy

According to the report, KSCA is considering opening some stands for the general public in the match in which Virat Kohli and Rishabh Pant will play. The association is making arrangements to accommodate 2 to 3 thousand spectators. We had seen that when Virat Kohli played a Ranji match earlier this year, a large number of fans had gathered outside the Arun Jaitley Stadium in Delhi.

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.

The Women’s Cricket World Cup is starting next month. A total of 31 matches will be played between 8 teams in India and Sri Lanka, whose schedule has been released. Pakistan team will play all their matches in Sri Lanka. 5 matches in the released schedule are fixed at M Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bangalore, but according to the report of the cricbing, there will be no match here. But what is the reason for this?

According to the report of Cricbuzz, a decision has been taken to change the schedule of ICC Women’s World Cup. The Karnataka State Cricket Association has not received permission from the Government of Karnataka for organizing matches at M Chinnaswamy Stadium.

The opening match of the World Cup was to be played at M Chinnaswamy Stadium itself, which is fixed between India and Sri Lanka. It is reported that now the matches to be held in Bangalore can be held in Thiruvananthapuram. India had to play 2 matches here in the league stage, after September 30, the second match of India was scheduled on 26 October with Bangladesh. However, the official announcement of changes in schedule and venue is yet to be made.

Why will the World Cup matches not be held at M Chinnaswamy Stadium?

Royal Challengers Bangalore won their first title last season (IPL 2025) after 18 years. The title match took place at the Narendra Modi Cricket Stadium, in which he defeated Punjab Kings. All the players including Virat Kohli reached Bangalore the next day, where a celebration was held in a hurry at M Chinnaswamy Stadium. The ticket was free and there was more crowd to see their favorite cricketers, after which there was a stampede. Many people lost their lives in this.

11 people lost their lives in this tragic incident on 4 June. Since then, the Karnataka government has become more strict about the security system. Let us know that earlier Bangalore and Colombo were selected for the final of Women’s World Cup 2025. Meaning if Pakistan did not reach the final, then the final M Chinnaswamy would have been at the stadium itself. Let us know that till the news is written, there has not been a change in Venue and schedule officially.

There has been a big change in the schedule of Women’s ODI World Cup 2025. The M Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bengaluru has been excluded from the original schedule and can be officially confirmed within the next one or two days. According to Cricbuj, the hosting of matches in Bengaluru can be handed over to Thiruvananthapuram. Let us tell you that the World Cup will run till 30 September-2 November and India and Sri Lanka are hosting the tournament.

The change of schedule has not been confirmed yet. According to a report published in Cricbuzz, it has been decided to change the schedule on Monday, as the Karnataka State Cricket Association (KSCA) has failed to seek the permission of the Government of Karnataka for organizing matches at the Chinnaswamy Stadium. For permission, BCCI gave KSCA for 2 more days, yet it could not get permission.

Match will not be held in Chinnaswamy Stadium

Chinnaswamy Stadium was assigned a total of 5 matches in the World Cup. Even the first match of the tournament was to be played here on 30 September between India and Sri Lanka. But after the historic victory of Royal Challengers Bangalore in IPL 2025, there was a stampede outside the Chinnaswamy Stadium on June 4, in which 11 people lost their lives. After that incident, the Karnataka government has become more strict about the security system. Let us tell you that due to this change, half or full schedule of Asia Cup can also be changed.

India’s matches will affect

According to the original schedule, the Indian team had to play 2 matches here in the league stage. The match against Sri Lanka on 30 September and Bangladesh on 26 October was also going to be held at the Chinnaswamy Stadium, but according to the latest update, the hosting of matches to be held at Chinnaswamy Stadium can be handed over to another ground.

Some sources of BCCI, who are aware of the matter, said that Hyderabad or Kerala can be hosted by Chinnaswamy Maidan matches, but it was also told that Kerala is seen to have more possibility of hosting.

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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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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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RCB Bengaluru Stampede News: The Bengaluru stampede case is being adopted as a serious form with the passage of one day. 11 people were killed in a stampede outside the M Chinnaswamy Stadium, after which an FIR was lodged against 4 parties/organizations including the RCB team. Now the Royal Challengers team has knocked on the door of the high court. The incident that took place outside the field outside the ground, who said Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah, was sad, in which he had no hand. One of the 4 organizations against whom FIR was lodged is also one DNA Entertainment Network. Presenting his argument, he said that such a big accident occurred due to the negligence of the state police.

According to a report published in ‘Live Law’, the petition claimed that Royal Challengers Bangalore had announced the Victory Parade only after consulting the Karnataka State Cricket Association (KSCA), DNA networks and police officers. Another big claim in the petition was that in the social media post shared by RCB, it was clearly written to the same people who had registered on the official website of the Bengaluru team.

It was also told that on the morning of June 4, the RCB team was given oral information that the Bengaluru Police has canceled the program of Victory Parade. At the same time, he was also told that CM Siddaramaiah is planning to honor the Bengaluru team on Vidhan Sauudha.

Who is responsible for?

The petition filed by RCB said that Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah had invited people to the team’s honor ceremony. The RCB team has introduced CM Siddaramaiah’s tweet as evidence. Royal Challengers Sports Private Limited (RCSPL) received the news of the death of people outside the field when the ceremony had started at the Chinnaswamy Stadium.

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Ksca officials resigned: There has been a new twist in a stampede case outside the M Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bengaluru. 2 big officials of Karnataka State Cricket Association (KSCA) have resigned. Karnataka Cricket Association Secretary A Shankar and Treasurer ES Jairam submitted their resignations on June 4 after a stampede. Please tell that 11 people lost their lives in this sad incident. On June 3, there was a crowd of millions outside the Chinnaswamy Stadium the next day to see the RCB team, who became the IPL champion.

While releasing a press release, A Shankar and ES Jairam said that the entire fault in this unfortunate incident is not his, but taking moral responsibility, Shankar and Jairam have decided to resign from the post of Secretary and Treasurer respectively. Both of them resigned to the KSCA president on 6 June.

Karnataka State Cricket Association President Raghuram Bhatt, Secretary Shankar and Treasurer presented arguments in the Karnataka High Court that it was not the responsibility of Gate Management and Crowd Management, KSCA and he had taken permission to get the RCB team done on the Victory Celebration Vidhan Saudha. The program on Vidhan Sudha was completed without any problem, but after the invitation shared by RCB on social media, millions of people came outside the Chinnaswamy Maidan. Let us know that the Bengaluru franchise later deleted that post.

In this case, an FIR was registered against four organizations including RCB and Karnataka Cricket Association. On Friday, a session court in Bangalore sent 4 people, including a senior RCB officer, to police custody.

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