BCCI Apex Council to discuss criteria for IPL win ceremony after the Bangalore stampede; Not on RCB ban card. Cricket news
Mumbai: BCCI is looking at its Apex Council meeting on 14 June to create a standard guideline for the IPL victory ceremony, in view of the tragic stampede at the Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bengaluru, which claimed 11 lives, but IPL -2025 Champions Royal Challengers Bangalore is not likely to be faced.The construction of standard guidelines for the IPL win ceremony in view of the tragic stampede in Bengaluru is one of the major items on the agenda when the BCCI holds its ’emerging’ top council meeting on Saturday. The meeting will be held in fact at 4 pm.Go beyond the border with our YouTube channel. Subscribe now!The tragedy took place on June 4 after the RCB victory 18 years later, when around 2.5 lakh fans were killed by a stampede and 56 injured due to a stampede to catch a glimpse of superstar Virat Kohli & Company in the stadium and its surrounding areas.
“We will discuss how such a tragedy can be avoided in the future, and what steps can be taken in this regard. The need to build norms for the IPL win will be discussed during the meeting, but we are not watching to ban RCB or take any action against the franchise. BCCI had nothing to do with that festival,” BCCI said.NZ to visit India in January next year for White-Ball seriesMeanwhile, Toi has learned that New Zealand will visit India for a white-chain from 11-31 January 2026, which is likely to include three Odis and five T20I. The Apex Council will also discuss the ‘BCCI Code of Conduct for Players and Team Officers’, which was implemented by the board after Australia’s disappointing visit by India. The code, which makes a limited number of days compulsory for families on foreign tourism, came for a sharp criticism from India’s ODI captain Rohit Sharma and superstar Virat Kohli, who both retired from Test cricket just before the tour of England last month. The Apex Council will review the current ‘AVP-Eg Verification Program, a mechanism that aims to curb age-fiddling in age-grown cricket, especially under-16 (boys) and under-15 (girls) categories.Another case listed on the agenda is a complaint filed by VI Agam Rao, president of Karimnagar District Cricket Association in April 2025. He accused irregularities in the use of funds allocated for the development of cricket infrastructure in Telangana districts. While working on the complaint, BCCI Lokpal Justice Arun Mishra directed the Apex Council to take appropriate action.
