RCB Players To Wear Jersey No. 11 for Practice to To Honour Stampede Victims

Royal Challengers Bengaluru players will train wearing jersey No.11 during match days in the upcoming IPL, and the franchise also plans to mark 11 permanent seats in honour of the fans who died in a tragic stampede outside the M Chinnaswamy Stadium here last year. 

The fans had lost their lives here on June 4 in a stampede that was triggered by chaos during RCB's celebratory events after the team's maiden IPL trophy



win.

The franchise had copped massive criticism for its handling of the celebrations, which drew lakhs to the streets without requisite security clearances.

"The players will be wearing jersey No.11 for the practice on the game day -- the practice time before the match," RCB CEO Rajesh Menon told reporters here on Tuesday. "All the players will have jersey No.11 on their back, not for the game, but for the practice.