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Former India World Cup winning star Madan Lal has slammed Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) for poor planning of their Indian Premier League 2025 (IPL 2025) victory celebrations resulting in the tragic stampede.
The former all-rounder asked about the hurry behind organising the event as it claimed innocent lives.
"You celebrated in Ahmedabad the previous night—what was the rush to organize a grand event in Bengaluru the next day? Eleven lives were lost unnecessarily," said Madan Lal during a recent interaction.
Legendary India wicketkeeper Syed Kirmani has also voiced his dismay over the tragic stampede. He called it a 'deadly welcome' for the newly crowned champions. He questioned both the timing and the management of the celebrations.
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"My condolences to bereaved families. This was a deadly welcome to IPL champions. In our times, there was no such media hype and there was no TV and there was no such thing which could lead to such things," said Kirmani.
The 1983 World Cup winner is of the opinion that felicitation of RCB’s maiden IPL triumph could have waited a little longer, allowing for better planning and crowd control. He stressed that such an important moment should not have been rushed.
"On that count, I suppose if RCB waited for 17 (18) years to become champions and organisers, whosoever it may be, could have waited for a while for things to settle down and then organise a show to felicitate these great heroes of RCB," said Kirmani.
