After the tragic stampede at RCB’s victory celebration in Bengaluru, BCCI plans to issue an official advisory to prevent such disasters. Here’s what went wrong and how the board is reacting.
The Celebration That Turned Deadly
In the joy of cricket, there was mourning to onset when a stampede outside M.Chinnaswamy stadium in Bengaluru left 11 dead. The poorly managed event resulted in chaos as fans had gathered to gawk at their IPL heroes from RCB, What they expected to be a night of revelry turned into a nightmare and silence. Sickening as the incident may have been, it left the world of cricket reeling and asking hard questions on accountability/safety.
BCCI Breaks Silence: What Saikia Said
Finally, BCCI Secretary Devajit Saikia spoke out his heart on tragedy. As per a CNN-News18 interview, he expressed his deep anguish over the number of people who died. But he also added that the board does not micro-manage individual team celebrations post-ordered. Saikia hinted towards a change with the advisory that might well go in as standard now after major victories for better planning and safety purposes.
Lessons from Mumbai: How Victory Parades Should Be Done
India’s T20 World Cup win last year and Mumbai’s marquee victory parade was what Saikia picked out as the bigger race. Mumbai broke protocol (with meticulous BCCI preparation, timings, and crowd control that the hastily arranged Bengaluru event wasn’t) unlike, celebrations. That smooth operability argued for an important thing —that celebrations or victories do not have to be adventurous if planned ahead of time the right way.
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No Blame Game, But No Repeat Either
Saikia did not blame anyone but, urged for preventive steps. As he said, the Blore celebration was done within hours — he says that is what happened to cause the fiasco. “When BCCI makes it, they take their time and handle everything ” Bengaluru was over so fast, and that COSTS,” he whispered with a face worried.
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What’s Next: The BCCI Advisory Plan
The board is now going to draft formal advice to prevent the occurrence of another such distress. Although BCCI will not step in team celebrations directly they hope to shepherd franchises with procedures for handling fans. Victory stays for lives is the only message here In the advisory, it may not be only paperwork but also change how Indian cricket wins and loses a dint of.
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If joy turned into grief once, BCCI wants to ensure it never does again.