BCCI secretary Devajit Saikia has termed the stampede outdoors the M Chinnaswamy Stadium that resulted in 11 deaths as an eye-opener for the board in addition to IPL franchises. He mentioned the board will quickly take a name almost about internet hosting occasions the place giant crowds are anticipated.
The arrival of Royal Challengers Bengaluru at their house venue on Wednesday for his or her title celebration was marred by deaths outdoors the M Chinnaswamy Stadium. Among the many casualties was a baby, whereas a number of others have been injured within the stampede across the venue the place RCB went forward with their victory celebrations.
“That is eye-opener and we now have to consider what we must always do in such conditions. There will probably be a winner yearly and there will probably be a celebration of their house metropolis. So we now have to be taught a lesson so it doesn’t occur sooner or later. At this second, the BCCI has no management over personal celebrations of a franchise,” Saikia informed The Indian Specific.
As issues stand, the post-tournament occasions aren’t the BCCI area to enter.
“Yesterday (Tuesday), we had 1,32,000 folks on the Narendra Modi Stadium. We took care of each minor element about security and crowd administration, and there was not a single incident although all of the stands have been full. There was correct policing and management. One thing went terribly flawed at this time in Bengaluru however the BCCI has no function to play,” Saikia added.
IPL Governing Council chairman Arun Dhumal mentioned they didn’t know who had organised the occasion. “We’ve taken be aware and can see that such incidents by no means occur once more. We had no data of any victory parade or any celebrations going down in Bengaluru. We had no concept who organised it and the way so many followers got here there. We are going to look into the matter.”
Dhumal defended RCB for going forward with the celebrations contained in the stadium whereas all this was taking place outdoors.
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“The RCB administration additionally had no concept what was taking place as a result of they have been contained in the stadium. As quickly as we received to know, we spoke to RCB officers, they usually informed us that they have been winding issues up,” he mentioned.
A number of questions have come up as as to whether sufficient time was given to native authorities to place satisfactory crowd administration measures in place. Previously, the BCCI had hosted victory parades in Mumbai – after the 2007 and 2024 T20 World Cup triumphs – with out incident. However these occasions weren’t restricted to a small space.
The occasion in Bengaluru was supposed to begin on the Vidhan Soudha and finish on the M Chinnaswamy Stadium, a distance of lower than 2 km. It meant a big crowd turned up in a small stretch. That the police denied permission to carry an open-top bus parade solely added to the confusion. And the franchise introduced solely hours earlier than the occasion within the stadium that particular passes can be issued for it.
Mumbai Cricket Affiliation president Ajinkya Naik make clear how they deliberate India’s victory parade after the T20 World Cup victory final yr.
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“Once we have been informed {that a} victory parade was going to be organised, we adopted no matter Mumbai Police informed us to do. Our affiliation had dealt with such a parade in 2007 additionally but it surely was native authorities who guided us. We needed to shut the gates two hours earlier than the Indian workforce arrived. And followers have been knowledgeable properly upfront that nobody will probably be allowed contained in the stadium after a sure time. The Mumbai Police had appealed to followers to succeed in Marine Drive properly upfront for the victory procession within the night,” Naik informed The Indian Specific.