In the aftermath of the deadly stampede outside the M. Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bengaluru, where 11 lives were lost and several more injured as Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) celebrated their IPL 2025 win inside with Karnataka government officials, the BCCI has decided it can’t be the silent spectator anymore.

Public outcry, state-level action, and the Indian cricket board's recognition of its monitoring duties were all driven by Wednesday night's crowd surge near Bengaluru's M. Chinnaswamy Stadium.

Speaking to Cricbuzz, BCCI secretary Devajit Saikia affirmed that the governing body will now actively investigate establishing guidelines for upcoming post-title celebrations throughout the league. The board is considering creating official rules to prevent similar occurrences in the future.

Even though RCB's festivities were planned in secret, Saikia acknowledged that the event's impact was inextricably linked to the sport's broader context.

“At some stage, BCCI will have to do something. We cannot be a silent spectators. It was a private affair of RCB, but we at the BCCI are responsible for cricket in India, and we will try to ensure such incidents do not recur in the future,” Saikia said.

In accepting moral responsibility for the stampede that claimed 11 lives at RCB's IPL title celebrations, Shankar and E. S. Jairam have resigned from their positions as secretary and treasurer of the Karnataka State Cricket Association (KSCA).

Shankar and Jairam jointly announced that they had handed in their resignations to the KSCA president on Thursday evening.

"...due to the unforeseen and unfortunate events that have unfolded in the last two days, and though our role was very limited, we wish to state that we have tendered our resignation to our respective posts as the Secretary and Treasurer of the Karnataka State Cricket Association," the statement read, as per the Hindustan Times.

In order to obtain permission to host RCB IPL celebrations at Vidhan Soudha, KSCA president Raghuram Bhat, secretary Shankar, and treasurer Jayaram argued before the Karnataka High Court that the organization was not responsible for crowd control or gate management.