It's unfortunate and very sad: Dravid on Bengaluru stampede

The legendary Rahul Dravid on Tuesday expressed deep anguish over the death of 11 people in a stampede during Royal Challengers Bengaluru’s IPL victory celebrations, terming the incident as “unfortunate” and “sad”.

“Very disappointing. It’s very sad. Bengaluru is a sports-passionate city. I come from here. People over here love all sports, not just cricket. They follow all the sports and also all the sporting teams, be it a football team or a kabaddi team. It’s really heartbreaking that such an unfortunate incident happened. Our thoughts go out to everyone for unfortunately lost their lives and those who were injured.” Dravid told NDTV in an exclusive chat. “Such a tragedy shouldn’t have happened.”

Rahul Dravid represented the Bengaluru-based franchise in the three editions of the T20 league. He then joined the inaugural champions Rajasthan Royals (RR) in 2011. He is currently the head coach of the Jaipur-based franchise.

Tragedy struck last Wednesday when nearly 2.5 lakh fans gathered in and around the Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bengaluru to catch a glimpse of their favourite stars, resulting in a stampede that claimed lives and left 56 injured.