Former India player Aakash Chopra has shown anguish over the stampede deaths during the RCB’s IPL 2025
victory celebrations. He also raised questions about why the event could not have taken place a few days later with better planning. However, RCB beat the PBKS by six runs in the IPL 2025 final in Ahmedabad on Tuesday, June 3. However, their post-win celebrations at the Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bengaluru a day later became tragic as 11 fans
lost their lives in a stampede outside the stadium as well.

In a video shared on his YouTube channel ‘Aakash Chopra,’ he said, “The stampede happened when people were trying to enter the ground because the capacity is 30 thousand and three lakh people came. That is correct, but who said or thought that three lakh people won’t come? RCB is such a huge franchise, they get so much love, and something happened after so many years.”

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“When everyone knew, how did you not know? How will everyone enter? There was no ticketing. It is a disaster waiting to happen. Where is the accountability? It was a tragedy, a mishap, a disaster. Could this not have been done four days later? Could this not have been done on Sunday?” he asked.

However, Aakash Chopra applauded Team India head coach Gautam Gambhir for questioning such celebrations in the pre-departure press conference before the England Test tour as well.

“Shubman Gill and Gautam Gambhir were there for the press conference. Good on Gambhir for giving a straightforward answer when he was asked about what had happened. You cannot hide in a hole. You have to talk about it. So he was quite categorical. He gave his opinion that this is not okay, and it is not okay. Human lives are not that cheap. We need to address it, understand it, acknowledge it, and put an end to this. That’s all I have to say,” Aakash Chopra concluded.