Virat Kohli broke his silence on the Bengaluru stampede that left 11 dead

Virat Kohli said he was lost for words and “gutted” by the loss of lives and injuries caused by a stampede outside the M Chinnaswamy Stadium during Royal Challengers Bengaluru’s IPL 2025 victory celebrations in the city on Wednesday, June 4.

Kohli, who led RCB’s lap of honour inside a packed stadium, shared the team’s official statement on Instagram, adding a personal message expressing his sorrow at the tragic incident.

“At a loss for words. Absolutely gutted,” he wrote with a broken heart emoji.

The stampede, which occurred outside the venue while thousands of fans tried to catch a glimpse of the victorious team, claimed 11 lives and left 47 others injured.

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