At least 11 people die in stampede outside cricket stadium during IPL title celebrations
4 June 2025, 16:20 | Updated: 4 June 2025, 16:56
Several people have died and many more injured in a stampede on Wednesday outside a cricket stadium in southern India's Karnataka state.
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The incident happened as thousands of cricket fans gathered outside the M Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bengaluru city to celebrate the winners of the Indian Premier League, which is the world's most popular T20 cricket tournament.
At least 11 people were killed and 47 were injured in the incident, Karnataka state chief minister Siddaramaiah told reporters.
"At a time of celebration, this unfortunate event should not have happened. We are saddened by this. The fans that showed up were beyond our expectations," he said.
Thousands of people, some waving the home team's red flag, lined streets around the stadium as the team arrived in a bus in the evening, with some climbing trees and the stadium wall for a better view.
As the celebration moved inside, there was a melee outside among a cramped crowd, with some people climbing over others to move ahead.
The deaths and injuries happened at gates where people without passes were denied entry and tried to push in, police said, and in the area between the perimeter and main arena.
One policeman carried an injured spectator to an ambulance, while people gathered around another lying seemingly unconscious on the ground.
Images also showed some men on the floor being given CPR while police caned young men to disperse them.
Naseer Ahmed, political secretary for the Karnataka chief minister, told broadcaster NDTV that the crowd had become uncontrollable and authorities were unable to make proper arrangements.
The team had given away free passes for the event through its website but also warned that numbers would be limited.
"It is deeply painful and shocking that people who were supposed to witness RCB's IPL victory celebrations have died in the tragedy," the local Karnataka state's Deputy Chief Minister D.K. Shivakumar posted on X.
The event was being held to celebrate Royal Challengers Bengaluru's first Indian Premier League title win on Tuesday.
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