Yeh hadsa Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) ke IPL 2025 jeet ke jashn ke dauraan hua, jab hazaron log stadium ke aaspaas ikattha hue. Is ghatna mein 11 logon ki jaan chali gayi aur kai ghayal ho gaye. Karnataka State Cricket Association (KSCA) ke secretary A. Shankar aur treasurer E.S. Jairam ne iske liye “moral responsibility” lete hue apne padon se istifa de diya. Unhone apne istife KSCA president aur purane Bharatiya cricketer Raghuram Bhat ko saunpe. Unka kehna tha ki unka role is event mein bahut limited tha, lekin fir bhi, yeh ek bada kadam tha jo unhone uthaya. Yeh ghatna cricket ke itihas mein ek kaala adhyay ban gaya hai, jise shayad hi koi bhool paye.
Is ghatna ke liye KSCA aur RCB par kaafi sawaal uth rahe hain. Police ne RCB, KSCA, aur event management company DNA Entertainment ke khilaf FIR darj ki hai. Reports ke mutabik, police ne RCB ko stadium mein event karne ki permission nahi di thi, fir bhi yeh jashn hua, jo ek badi bhool thi. Iske bawajood, KSCA ne court mein kaha ki crowd aur gate management unki zimmedari nahi thi, aur unhone sirf Vidhan Soudha mein ek event ke liye permission maangi thi, jo bina kisi dikkat ke hua. Yeh saari baatein cricket ke us roop se bilkul alag hain, jisme hum sab apne heroes ko dekhte hain, jaise Sachin Tendulkar ka 2011 World Cup mein shandaar pradarshan ya Virat Kohli ka 2016 IPL mein record-tod 973 run banana. Woh pal cricket ke jashn the, lekin yeh ghatna ek tragedy ban gayi.
Lekin, is andhere ke bawajood, kuch baatein ummeed jagati hain. RCB ne ghatna ke baad jaldi se kadam uthaya aur har mare hue vyakti ke parivaar ko 10 lakh rupaye ki sahayta dene ka elaan kiya. Saath hi, ghayalon ke ilaaj ka kharcha bhi uthane ka vaada kiya. Yeh ek chhota sa kadam hai, lekin isse yeh pata chalta hai ki cricket community apne fans ke liye kitni chinta karti hai. Yaad kijiye 2007 ka T20 World Cup, jab Yuvraj Singh ne ek over mein chhe chhakke maare the—woh ek aisa pal tha jisne har cricket fan ke dil mein jagah banayi. Aise pal humein cricket ke jadoo se jodte hain, aur shayad yeh ghatna bhi cricket bodies ko aur zimmedar banaye, taki aage se aisi tragedies na ho. RCB aur KSCA ka yeh dayitva lena ek nayi shuruaat ho sakti hai, jahan safety pe zyada dhyan diya jayega.
Fir bhi, yeh sawal ab bhi bana hua hai ki itni badi chook kaise hui. Lakhs log ek social media post ke baad ikattha ho gaye, jisme RCB ne “free entry” ka vaada kiya tha, jo baad mein delete kar diya gaya. Yeh post ek aag ki tarah faila, aur crowd control ke liye koi taiyaari nahi thi. Yeh ek bada sabak hai, kyunki cricket sirf khel nahi, balki ek jazbaat hai jo logon ko jodta hai. Lekin jab yeh jazbaat aniyantrit ho jate hain, toh natije aise hi dukhad hote hain. KSCA ke do bade officials ke istife ke bawajood, yeh ghatna cricket ke itihas mein ek dhabba ban kar reh jayegi, aur shayad hi koi isse jaldi bhool paye.
