The Board of Management for Cricket in India (BCCI) on Wednesday rued the preparatory lapses that marred Royal Challengers Bengaluru’s IPL-winning celebrations and led to the dying of 11 folks exterior the M. Chinnaswamy Stadium.
The celebratory temper within the metropolis turned sombre a day after RCB ended its 18-year look forward to an IPL title. Practically two lakh followers gathered exterior the stadium, which the police couldn’t management, resulting in utter chaos that left 33 followers injured.
“It is vitally unlucky. This can be a detrimental facet of recognition. Persons are loopy for cricketers. The organisers ought to have deliberate it higher. My deepest condolences to the household of the deceased. I want early restoration of the injured,” BCCI secretary Devajit Saikia informed Sportstar.
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“When one organises a victory celebration of this magnitude, correct precautions, security and safety measures must be taken. There have been some lapses someplace. After such a wonderful ending to the IPL, this has been an anti-climax.”
Saikia cited the examples of the celebrations that have been carried out easily, together with the one in Mumbai following India’s T20 World Cup triumph in Barbados.
“There have been IPL celebrations up to now as properly, like in Kolkata final yr when Kolkata Knight Riders received however nothing occurred there. Similar was the case after we received the T20 World Cup.
“There was a sea of humanity in Mumbai however nothing occurred. Police and native authorities labored in tandem to make sure clean conduct. I hope nothing extra untoward occurs.
“Even yesterday in Ahmedabad, in the course of the IPL remaining, there have been 120,000 folks on the stadium however BCCI has a devoted staff which has performed elaborate planning in coordination with native district administration and regulation imposing authorities to make sure that security and safety of the spectators,” Saikia added.
Not conscious if it was a deliberate or unplanned occasion, says IPL chairman Dhumal
In the meantime, IPL Chairman Arun Dhumal mentioned as quickly as he was made conscious of the tragedy unfolding exterior the stadium, he instructed the organisers to wrap up the proceedings.
“No matter inquiry that must be performed, the involved authorities will do this. It was not a BCCI occasion. It’s unhappy and tragic. The celebrations changed into a tragedy. Our heartfelt condolences to the households who misplaced their loves ones,” Dhumal informed PTI.
“I’m not even conscious whether or not there was a deliberate occasion or unplanned occasion. Whether or not followers have been supposed to return or they got here on their very own. Once I spoke to the RCB officers, there was a lot of noise contained in the stadium they most likely didn’t know what was taking place exterior. Once I informed them about it, they assured me they might wind up the occasion.
“We curtailed a recreation in Dharamsala (throughout IPL), we made positive everybody was evacuated safely. Not even one individual was harm there,” he mentioned.
With inputs from PTI