RCB value a dead fan’s life at 0.0025% of an IPL victory
At least 11 are dead for no reason, RCB/KSCA announce a pointless compensation, & the KA CM refuses to hear criticism.
RCB value a dead fan’s life at 0.0025% of an IPL victory
At least 11 are dead for no reason, RCB/KSCA announce a pointless compensation, & the KA CM refuses to hear criticism.
Indian Express’ Johnson TA has the stories of the 11 fans - including 2 minors - who were killed in yesterday’s poorly organised and communicated “parade.”
RCB & the KSCA have announced a joint INR 5 Lakh (~$5,800) compensation for each dead fan’s relatives. RCB earned INR 20 Crores (~$2.3 million) for winning the IPL, and announced revenues of INR 650 crore (~$75.7 million) and a profit of INR 221 crore (~$25.7 million) in 2024-25 alone.
Indian Express’ Sanath Prasad & Kiran Parashar have the most comprehensive report of the chaos at the RCB parade yesterday. If you prefer, ESPNcricinfo’s Shashank Kishore & Ashish Pant have a review of the poor decisions too. I wrote a first-hand ground report of what I witnessed on Twitter as well.
The lowlights include; RCB’s and the police’s contradictory parade updates, RCB’s continued celebrations inside the stadium while people were dying, the club’s insensitive (and now deleted) post about the fans thronging outside the bus after casualties were reported, RCB’s poor official responses to the deaths, & the BCCI secretary and ex-players slam RCB and the government’s planning.
The worst response of the lot; Karnataka CM Siddaramaiah said they [idiotically] expected only 35,000 fans but more than 200,000 showed up, then committed Olympic-level whataboutery by saying other states had witnessed crowd-based tragedies so no one should criticise his government.
Al Jazeera explained the difference between a crowd crush and a stampede in 2022.
England Women continue dominating West Indies
ENG-W thrash WI, the BCCI is moving the IND-SA Test out of Delhi, & the oldest cricket festival in the world is in trouble.
England Women beat West Indies by 143 runs in their second ODI.
ESPNcricinfo’s Firdose Moonda reports on the goings on at the secret South Africa-Zimbabwe match, while The Guardian’s Daniel Gallan tries to convince neutrals to support the Proteas in the WTC final.
Times of India’s Gaurav Gupta reports that the India-South Africa Test in November will move from Delhi to Kolkata due to pollution reasons, after the BCCI earlier defended Delhi as a location despite criticisms of their high November pollutions.
BBC’s Duncan Cook & Steve Kitchen report on the (potential) financial demise of the world’s oldest cricket festival in England. [On a side note - what a great pair of reporters to work together!]
RCB step up to the plate [until yesterday]
How RCB pulled off their IPL victory, PBKS’ make huge gains, & what’s going on with IRE’s domestic system?
Good Areas’ Jarrod Kimber writes about RCB finally matching Virat Kohli’s professionalism (on the pitch), and Indian Express’ Venkata Krishna B breaks down how RCB achieved their IPL title dream.
Indian Express’ Vinayakk Mohanarangan writes about PBKS’ giant strides forward this year, while Sportstar’s Pranay Rajiv analyses why Jasprit Bumrah’s full tosses are so effective compared to other bowlers.
ESPNcricinfo’s Greg Chappell writes about when great batters start declining.
The Part-Timer’s Nathan Johns praises the mature Irish response to the four new South African-raised players in their national team, while analysing why domestic development has stalled.
Playin’ Stats’ Arpit Rastogi remembers the moment that gave us the most poetic scorecard entry in history; Lillee c. Willey b. Dilley.
Inspiring a new generation of female broadcasters
Zainab Abbas on her broadcasting career, SCO-W fall stalled growth, & the nuances of wide yorkers.
Pak Passion’s Saj Sadiq talks to Zainab Abbas about her journey in broadcasting, and the impact she’s having on young girls. [YouTube]
Test Match Special’s Henry Moeran narrates the story of Scotland Women from Team of the Year to no fixtures in a year. [Apple/Spotify]
Bowlers Union’s Chris Wright & Keith Barker discuss the technique and strategy of wide yorkers. [YouTube]