Legendary cricketer Rahul Dravid on Tuesday (June 10, 2025) expressed anguish over the dying of 11 folks in a stampede throughout Royal Challengers Bengaluru’s IPL victory celebrations, terming the incident as “unfortunate” and “sad”.
Tragedy struck final Wednesday when practically 2.5 lakh followers gathered in and across the Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bengaluru to catch a glimpse of their favorite stars, leading to a stampede that claimed lives and left 56 injured.
“Yeah, very disappointing. Obviously, very sad. Thoughts go out to people,” Dravid, a former India coach and captain, informed a information outlet.
‘Passionate city’
Dravid, who’s at the moment related to IPL franchise Rajasthan Royals as a coach, stated the incident was notably painful given town’s deep sporting tradition.
“This is a really sports-passionate city. I come from here. People love their sport, not only cricket. People love sports in the city, and they’ve really followed all the sporting teams here, whether it’s been our football team or it’s been our kabaddi team.
“And in fact, the RCB is a extremely very well-followed crew. So actually unhappy, very unlucky what occurred. And our ideas exit to everybody who sadly was injured and a few of them who misplaced their lives.”
In the aftermath of the tragedy, A. Shankar and E.S. Jairam resigned from their respective position of secretary and treasurer of the Karnataka State Cricket Association (KSCA), taking “ethical accountability” for the incident.
Meanwhile, Nikhil Sosale, marketing head of Royal Challengers Bengaluru, was arrested on June 6.
Published – June 10, 2025 03:41 pm IST
