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IPL 2025 Final: A few hours after a tragedy had occurred in Bengaluru, where 11 people had died, the IPL 2025 champions Royal Challengers Bengaluru received backlash for their social media post. The post, which has now been deleted was about a video where the fans were seen greeting the team at the felicitation event and that was described as insensitive by a lot of users.

They had written the caption of the post, “This welcome is what pure love looks like." RCB quickly deleted that video after being at the receiving end of the wrath of some users.

The incident happened outside the venue on Wednesday. A large number of fans had gathered to see RCB's felicitation event, which turned chaotic and led to a deadly stampede.

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The Bengaluru-based franchise had issued a statement where they mourned the deaths of all those people who died.

“We are deeply anguished by the unfortunate incidents that have come to light through media reports regarding public gatherings all over Bengaluru in anticipation of the team’s arrival this afternoon. The safety and well-being of everyone is of utmost importance to us," the statement issued by the franchise read.

“RCB mourns the tragic loss of lives and extends our heartfelt condolences to the affected families. Immediately upon being made aware of the situation, we promptly amended our program and followed, the guidance and advice of the local administration. We urge all our supporters to please stay safe," the statement concluded.

RCB's felicitation event was being held in Bengaluru after they lifted their maiden IPL trophy after defeating PBKS during a nail-biting summit clash in Ahmedabad on Tuesday.

Siddramaiah, who is Karnataka's Chief Minister first felicitated the Rajat Patidar-led side at the Vidhan Soudha. They then went to the M Chinnaswamy stadium, where thousands of fans were already waiting for further celebrations.

And a lot of fans had already crowded the streets to catch a glimpse of their favourite players and the police were thus seen struggling to manage them. The franchise also didn't receive any permission to hold the open-bus parade.

Talking about the tragedy, Karnataka's Deputy Chief Minister D.K. Shivakumar said, “The crowd was uncontrollable, police were finding it difficult, so we had to stop the procession."