RCB Trophy Parade: RCB Officials Arrested, Virat Kohli Next?

Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) has finally won the IPL after a long wait of 18 years of the tournament. RCB defeated PBKS by 6 runs in the thrilling match at the Narendra Modi Stadium, Ahmedabad. RCB has gifted this long-awaited IPL trophy to Virat Kohli and the most loyal fan base. Bengaluru didn't sleep the whole night, RCB fans and even people not familiar with cricket celebrated this IPL win like nothing and felt very personal to them. The whole nation celebrated this RCB win with full joy as a tribute to Virat Kohli's service of 18 years to this franchise. RCB has announced an open-bus Trophy Parade in Bengaluru, where they will be celebrating this special win with the local public of Bengaluru and their loving fans.

The streets of Bengaluru will be jam-packed on this day, witnessing a huge crowd gathered for this trophy parade and enjoying the moment of being IPL Champions. This open-bus Trophy Parade in Bengaluru will be similar to that of the Unbox event that is held during pre-tournament, but will have more craze and people joining it for sure, as they have felt this victory very personal after a long wait. Former RCB players AB De Villiers and Chris Gayle are expected to join the trophy parade and be a part of the team even after their retirement.

The RCB team got a very warm and pleasing welcome from Bengaluru with the homecoming of the IPL trophy. The team was received by the Deputy CM of Karnataka, and Virat was seen waving the Karnataka flag. This warm welcome for the RCB Trophy Parade will always be remembered in the history of IPL.

RCB Trophy Parade: Date, Time, and Venue

RCB is arranging a trophy parade to pay tribute to their most loyal fan base and make them enjoy the IPL win more. As Bengaluru was celebrating a small Diwali after the IPL 2025 win, it will continue until the day of the trophy parade. The streets were full of joy as people came to express their love towards RCB after an impressive IPL 2025 win. RCB trophy parade is scheduled on 4th June 2025. The parade was about to start at 3:30 p.m. from Vidhana Soudha and end at M. Chinnaswamy Stadium. But, due to the traffic congestion problem, it got cancelled and a new announcement states that there will be no open-bus ride; rather, there will be only the Victory Parade happening in M. Chinnaswamy Stadium at 5 p.m. till 6 p.m., but the celebrations will continue post that also.

RCB Trophy Parade Route and Tickets

RCB Trophy parade will attract a lot of the crowd in the celebration of winning IPL 2025, to witness the long-awaited winners. RCB Trophy Parade Route will include the starting point of Vidhana Soudha, where the team will meet the Karnataka CM, who will facilitate the team and join the celebrations. It is followed by an open-bus trophy parade from there to the M. Chinnaswamy Stadium.

The open-bus ride covering almost 2 km was about to witness a huge crowd, and die-hard fans celebrating the win, but it got cancelled, and only the Victory Parade will happen at the stadium. Fans can get free passes to the victory parade that is going to happen at the home ground of Bengaluru. These Passes are available in limited quantities, and fans can get them from the official RCB shop, while special VIP passes can be availed by KSCA members only. This trophy parade is only meant for the 12th Man Army and allows the fans to experience the feeling of the first IPL trophy.

This win will bring an end to their long-term slogan “ee sala cup namde”.

Where to Watch RCB Trophy Parade Live?

The craze of RCB is not limited to Bengaluru but all over the world, where everyone wants to witness the craze of Namma Bengaluru and the celebrations of winning the first IPL trophy. RCB Trophy Parade will be live telecast on Star Sports 2, Star Sports 3, and Star Sports 2 Hindi as well as live stream on JioHotstar app and website. The celebrations will start from the afternoon till the night, where the fans can come and celebrate with the team and virtually also.

Chinnaswamy Stadium Stampede like Situation

A stampede-like chaos has erupted outside the gates of Chinnaswamy stadium, and 10 people are feared dead and 24 injured, including a six-year-old girl. The death toll might even go up as thousands of people gathered around the Chinnaswamy stadium to celebrate the victory of the Royal Challengers Bengaluru. According to the reports, all this chaos happened at gate number 7. The stampede-like situation caused a lot of chaos and panic among the people. BCCI Vice President, Rajiv Shukla, made a statement on it, claiming that the government tried to stop the roadshow to avoid such situations, but it was not expected to happen outside the stadium, and everyone should take measures to control the situation. Shukla quoted on the situation, as per ANI:

Trophy Parade or a Mourning Parade?

RCB Trophy parade on 4th June 2025 turned out to be one of the darkest evenings of Bengaluru, where the Chinnaswamy Stadium Stampede claimed 11 lives and more than 50 were injured. RCB announced an open-bus ride to celebrate their first IPL win, followed by a trophy parade at Chinnaswamy Stadium, but it was cancelled due to the Bangalore Traffic Police's disapproval of providing security over there.

This turned out to be an unforgettable day where more than 3 lakh people came to the streets in celebration of RCB winning the IPL and converted the trophy parade into a mourning parade. The Bangalore Traffic Police announced that there will be no trophy parade and but only stadium facilitation to be done around 12 p.m., where in the next 3 hours, RCB announced that there will be victory parade at 5-6 p.m. followed by celebrations at home of champions and free passes can be availed through the official RCB shop. The huge crowd was expecting an entry to witness the celebration, but the management turned it into a stampede where the sudden downpour triggered the people and panicked them to get inside the stadium.

This confusion and mismanagement turned out to be a disaster, where the RCB was celebrating their first IPL win inside the stadium, and the situation got worse outside the stadium, where a stampede happened, claiming a lot of innocent lives. While the question remains unanswered about the responsibility of the incident that happened, the BCCI is not taking responsibility and putting the blame on RCB, as it was the franchise's decision for the celebration. But, when the Bangalore Traffic Police denied the security for the celebration to prevent this kind of situation, but was insisted by the franchise and this turned out to be an unforgettable day, where the Chinnaswamy Stadium Stampede will always be remembered with the RCB's first IPL win.

RCB Announced Financial Aid

RCB has announced financial help of INR 10 lakhs to each of the eleven families of the deceased. RCB announced this statement on their official social media accounts almost 24 hours after the horrific Chinnaswamy Stadium Stampede, where 11 people lost their lives and several were injured. Along with this, RCB has created a fund, “RCB Cares” to support the fans who got injured during this stampede. This small step from the franchise will not make things the same as earlier, but will still help the families. This shows that RCB will always try to keep their fans at the top, even in times of grief.

RCB Official Arrested

The Chinnaswamy Stadium Stampede incident has taken a turn around. Karnataka CM has announced the arrest of the representatives of the RCB franchise, DNA Entertainment Private Limited, and KSCA. Nikhil Sosale, Head of marketing and revenue for RCB, has been detained by the Bengaluru Police in this case, along with the arrest of three staff members of the event management firm, DNA Entertainment Private Limited, identified as Kiran, Sumanth, and Sunil Mathew were detained for questioning.

This was followed by an FIR filed against them and the suspension of Bengaluru Police Commissioner B Dayananda, along with other senior police officials, after the horrific Chinnaswamy Stadium Stampede, which cost eleven innocent lives and left several injured. This may even cause legal trouble to the RCB star, Virat Kohli, where social media is filled with Virat Kohli Arrest. He was a part of the Trophy parade and victory celebration, which resulted in the terrifying Chinnaswamy Stadium Stampede. Virat and Anushka were seen at the Mumbai Airport, where they might have left for London.