RCB victory parade Highlights: The celebrations of Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) winning their maiden Indian Premier League (IPL) title took an ugly turn as several are feared death due to stampede outside the M Chinnaswamy Stadium on Wednesday. Fans had swamped the streets in Bengaluru, as crowd swelled outside the Vidhana Soudha, where players were presented with memento and honoured with Mysore Peta by chief minister Siddaramaiah. The players then left for the Chinnaswamy Stadium on the team bus amid huge fanfare. Virat Kohli and Rajat Patidar addressed the crowd at the venue as the stadium was filled with fans, who joined the celebration.
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RCB victory parade Highlights: Fans swamp Chinnaswamy to celebrate IPL triumph; stampede outside dampens jubilation
RCB victory parade Highlights: The celebrations of Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) winning their maiden Indian Premier League (IPL) title took an ugly turn as several are feared death due to stampede outside the M Chinnaswamy Stadium on Wednesday. Fans had swamped the streets in Bengaluru, as crowd swelled outside the Vidhana Soudha, where players were presented with memento and honoured with Mysore Peta by chief minister Siddaramaiah. The players then left for the Chinnaswamy Stadium on the team bus amid huge fanfare. Virat Kohli and Rajat Patidar addressed the crowd at the venue as the stadium was filled with fans, who joined the celebration.
However, the turn of events also led to unfortunate developments outside the stadium, where a stampede claimed the lives of 11 individuals and the toll is expected to rise. Several others were left injured, thus damping the jubilation.
On Tuesday RCB ended the tag of being labelled as the chokers in the IPL as Rajat Patidar and Co. held their composure and beat Shreyas Iyer's Punjab Kings (PBKS) by six runs in an enthralling final. RCB batting first piled a stiff 190/9 on the board and Punjab kept fighting but in the end could only manage 184/7 in response. Before this, RCB had made it to IPL finals thrice (2009, 2011, and 2016) but failed to cross the line. However, the fourth final finally saw RCB get their hands on the elusive trophy, making many emotional.
Virat Kohli, who has been part of the RCB setup since the inception of the league, was among them and while describing what the occasion meant to him, the ex-RCB captain said: "This win is as much for the fans as it is for the team. It has been 18 long years, I have given this team my youth, my prime and my experience and I have tried to win this every season that I have come and I have given everything I have and to finally have this moment come, it is an unbelievable feeling. I never thought this day would come."
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RCB victory parade live updates: Players walk around the Chinnaswamy with the trophy
RCB victory parade live updates: Players walk around the Chinnaswamy, showing the crowd the silverware that they had been wanting for the last 18 years.
RCB victory parade live updates: Rajat Patidar greets the crowd
RCB victory parade live updates: Rajat Patidar says "Namaskara Bengaluru" before adding another phrase in the local vernacular. He then greets the fans, tells them "you deserve this" and thank them for giving the RCB unit a grand reception.
RCB victory parade live updates: Kohli acknowledges the love of fans
RCB victory parade live updates: "It's no more Ee Saala Cup Namde, It's Ee Saala Cup Namdu" - Kohli before he goes on to acknowledge the support the fans have been rendering to the franchise for the last 18 years.
He then asks crowd to welcome Rajat Patidar, who walks out with the trophy on his hand and places it on the stage.
RCB victory parade live updates: Virat Kohli addresses crowd
RCB victory parade live updates: Virat Kohli addresses crowd at Chinnaswamy but as soon he starts, the batter is interrupted by loud cheers from the crowd. They don't stop as Kohli laughs and acknowledges the love he gets from the RCB loyals.
RCB victory parade live updates: D K Shivakumar joins the players
RCB victory parade live updates: Karnataka deputy chief minister D K Shivakumar joins the players at the stage. He greets them and poses for a picture.
RCB victory parade live updates: Players at the center of Chinnaswamy
RCB victory parade live updates: The players walkout to the ground and Virat Kohli is the last man to arrive in the center. Danish requests the Batch of 2025 to climb up the stage.
RCB victory parade live updates: Event underway at Chinnaswamy
RCB victory parade live updates: Danish Sait, Indian comedian and television host, takes over and straightaway rouses the crowd assembled at the Chinnaswamy to raise the decibel. A video is being played on the giant screen, which shows RCB's campaign in IPL 2025.
RCB victory parade live updates: Team arrives at Chinnaswamy
RCB victory parade live updates: The team has arrived at the M Chinnaswamy Stadium, where Raghu Dixit and group are all set to deliver a live performance. There was some rain earlier but it has stopped at the moment.
RCB victory parade live updates: Unfortunate turn of events
RCB victory parade live updates: Meanwhile, amid the huge fanfare an unfortunate news of stampede like situation comes from the Chinnaswamy Stadium. As reported by The Hindu, three persons are feared dead while at least ten are believed to be injured.
RCB victory parade live updates: Players honoured with Mysore Peta
RCB victory parade live updates: The RCB players will be honoured with the Mysore Peta - a turban given to an individual to honour their achievement and bringing glory to the state of Karnataka.
RCB victory parade live updates: RCB team bus arrives at Vidhana Soudha
RCB victory parade live updates: The RCB team bus arrives at the Vidhana Soudha. Rajat Patidar walks out and displays the silverware and expresses gratitude towards the fans. Krunal Pandya and Virat Kohli walk behind. What a sight for RCB and their fans!
RCB victory parade live updates: Karnataka CM Siddaramaiah arrives at Vidhana Soudha
RCB victory parade live updates: Karnataka CM Siddaramaiah has arrived at Vidhana Soudha to attend the felicitation ceremony of Royal Challengers Bengaluru. Meanwhile, RCB players have left for the venue in the team bus amid huge fanfare.
RCB victory parade live updates: Fans throng Chinnaswamy Stadium
RCB victory parade live updates: Fans throng the Chinnaswamy Stadium for the felicitation ceremony, forcing Bengaluru City police to use force to control the crowd.
RCB IPL celebrations Live Updates: RCB players get rousing reception
RCB IPL celebrations Live Updates: The IPL 2025 champions received a rousing welcome as they arrived in the city earlier in the afternoon. The players were greeted by Karnataka deputy chief minister D K Shivakumar at the airport.
RCB IPL celebrations Live Updates: Victory parade route
RCB IPL celebrations Live Updates: As per the franchise, the victory parade will start at Vidhana Soudha and will continue till the M. Chinnaswamy Stadium, RCB's home ground. The timing of the parade is mentioned between 5:00 pm - 6:00 pm.
RCB IPL celebrations Live Updates: The latest update of victory parade
"RCB Victory Parade: Today at 5 pm IST." - The post by Royal Challengers Bengaluru read on X.
It further mentioned: "Victory Parade will be followed by celebrations at the Chinnaswamy stadium.
"We request all fans to follow guidelines set by police and other authorities, so that everyone can enjoy the roadshow peacefully."
RCB IPL celebrations Live Updates: Victory parade is on!
RCB IPL celebrations Live Updates: It was reported earlier that no victory parade will be held with Bengaluru police citing concern related to security and traffic congestion in the city, however, the franchise have confirmed there will be one at 5pm IST.
RCB IPL celebrations Live Updates: Hello and welcome!
RCB IPL celebrations Live Updates: Hello and welcome to the Live Coverage of the Royal Challengers Bengaluru's IPL 2025 celebrations. This is the first time RCB have won the coveted title in 18 years, making it a memorable event for the southern franchise.
