From Chris Gayle’s 175 to Virat Kohli and AB de Villiers show, from towering sixes to low-scoring thrillers, while it’s a run fest or MS Dhoni’s incredible finishes, Chinnaswami Stadium remained one of the best venues in India until a stampede changed everything. Virat Kohli and company won the IPL for the first time, and the whole of Karnataka turned red as their favourite team, RCB, won the finals, defeating the Punjab Kings. After that, the team management organised a trophy show in the Chinnaswami Stadium, where overcrowding led to a stampede, which took the lives of eleven people and injured 56 people.
After this Karnataka Government took the matter seriously, and since then, the chinnaswami stadium not heard the sound of the crowd.
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Recently, in a big development Karnataka government has given the green signal to the KSCA to host matches with specific conditions mentioned. The news is significant for RCB fans as the management was looking for a different venue, and now it is expected that RCB will play at their home ground.
What does the Karnataka government say?
KSCA announced the matter in a press release, which also reads some specific conditions, "The permission is subject to compliance with specific terms and conditions prescribed by the Government and the concerned authorities. KSCA is confident of fulfilling all the stipulated conditions. The Association has already presented a detailed compliance roadmap before the Expert Review Committee and remains fully committed to implementing all safety, security, and crowd-management measures in letter and spirit."
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However, Chinnaswami is not going to get a match soon, as the international schedule and venues have already announced. Though it is expected that RCB will get the chance to play in the ground in the IPL.
