The Silence wasn’t Absence…: RCB breaks 3-month silence over stampede during victory celebration

August 28, 2025

Nearly after three months RCB broke its silence over the stampede that took place outside the M Chinnaswamy Stadium.  On June 4, during the celebrations of IPL 2025 champions Royal Challengers Bangalore, which marked their first-ever win, a stampede occurred outside the venue in which 11 people died and 33 others were injured.

The RCB management was heavily criticized and called responsible for the mishap. The incident was widely condemned. The Karnataka government had accused Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB), event organisers M/s DNA Networks Pvt Ltd and the state cricket association (KSCA) of taking out a huge victory parade of RCB without prior permission and without giving mandatory details to the city authorities.

Today, RCB broke its silence and announced the formation of RCB CARES. As per the release, RCB CARES is a platform for meaningful action shaped by the community & fans. It further stated that more details will be divulged soon.

In a post on X which came after June 5, RCB shared a heartful note and announced the formation of RCB cares. “𝗜𝘁’𝘀 𝗯𝗲𝗲𝗻 𝗰𝗹𝗼𝘀𝗲 𝘁𝗼 𝘁𝗵𝗿𝗲𝗲 𝗺𝗼𝗻𝘁𝗵𝘀 𝘀𝗶𝗻𝗰𝗲 𝘄𝗲 𝗹𝗮𝘀𝘁 𝗽𝗼𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗱 𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗲. The Silence wasn’t Absence. It was Grief. This space was once filled with energy, memories and moments that you enjoyed the most.. But June 4th changed everything. That day broke our hearts, and the silence since then has been our way of holding space”, RCB posted.

Dear 12th Man Army, this is our heartfelt letter to you!

𝗜𝘁’𝘀 𝗯𝗲𝗲𝗻 𝗰𝗹𝗼𝘀𝗲 𝘁𝗼 𝘁𝗵𝗿𝗲𝗲 𝗺𝗼𝗻𝘁𝗵𝘀 𝘀𝗶𝗻𝗰𝗲 𝘄𝗲 𝗹𝗮𝘀𝘁 𝗽𝗼𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗱 𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗲.

The Silence wasn’t Absence. It was Grief.

This space was once filled with energy, memories and moments that you… pic.twitter.com/g0lOXAuYbd

— Royal Challengers Bengaluru (@RCBTweets) August 28, 2025

Franchise further states, “In that silence, we’ve been grieving. Listening. Learning. And slowly, we’ve begun to build something more than just a response. Something we truly believe in. That’s how 𝗥𝗖𝗕 𝗖𝗔𝗥𝗘𝗦 came to life. It grew out of a need to honour, to heal, and to stand beside our fans. A platform for meaningful action shaped by our community & fans. We return to this space today, not with celebration but with care. To share. To stand with you. To walk forward, together. To continue being the pride of Karnataka. 𝗥𝗖𝗕 𝗖𝗔𝗥𝗘𝗦. And we always will. More details soon…”

Celebrations turned Nighmare

After this incident, RCB had announced financial assistance of Rs 10 lakh for the stampede victims. Let us tell you that RCB, captained by Rajat Patidar, won the IPL trophy for the first time by defeating Shreyas Iyer-led Punjab Kings by six runs at the Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad. The team also became the fourth different team to lift the IPL trophy in the last four seasons. Charismatic batsman Virat Kohli top-scored with 43 runs off 35 balls, helping RCB post a mammoth score of 190/9.