Virat Kohli kept celebrating despite knowing about stampede? Ex-India star makes big claim
Published - 05 Jun 2025, 02:45 PM | Updated - 05 Jun 2025, 11:36 PM
Former Indian cricketer Atul Wassan opined that Virat Kohli was not aware of the tragic incident outside the M. Chinnaswamy stadium, where 11 people lost their lives in a stampede, otherwise, he would have stopped the celebrations.
RCB management organised a post-victory celebrations after their maiden IPL title triumph in IPL 2025, but it didn’t go well as a massive crowd gathered outside the stadium, which caused 11 deaths and 40+ people were injured
Atul Wassan shares his bold view on Virat Kohli
Kohli was enjoying the victory session inside the stadium, whereas the tragic incident happened outside. Despite the incident, the celebration went ahead as planned, and no one addressed the horrific scenes in Bengaluru.
Wassan pointed out that there was a lack of communication, and the franchise doesn’t care about the people, as they have to show the revenues as well as the balance sheets. He also added that if Kohli knew the situation, he might have walked away.
"I cannot believe in a million years that Virat Kohli knew that people were dying outside, and the felicitation was going inside," Wassan was quoted as saying by the news agency ANI
"The politicians, I can believe, because they’re ruthless, thick-skinned and so is the corporate, which is the RCB franchise. The franchisees don’t care because they have to show the balance sheets, and they have to show revenue. They would have known maybe. It was a lack of communication." Wassan added.
“By the time Virat Kohli and the players would have got to know, they didn’t have any say in it. If Virat had known, he would have immediately walked out. I cannot believe that Virat knew and this has happened. But very sad, very tragic," Wassan added.
CM Siddaramaiah addresses the incident
Karnataka CM Siddaramaiah announced that 11 people have lost their lives and over 30 were injured during the stampede in the post-celebration of the RCB victory.
A massive crowd gathered outside the stadium as nearly 2-3 lakh people gathered to see the glitz of their favourite stars, and no one expected that much of a crowd.
The Karnataka government couldn’t handle the situation, and they have been trolled heavily on social media as they have to take care of the celebration carefully.
Compensation for families
CM Siddaramaih also announced the compensation of INR 10 lakh to the families who lost their loved ones in the stampede. The Karnataka government will also take care of the treatment for the injured people, as their treatment is going on at the Vydehi hospital and Bowering hospital.
RCB also announced the compensation with KSCA of INR 5 lakh to the families of the deceased.
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