While the incident of 11 people dying at a victory celebration held by the royal challengers Bangalore team has shaken the country, the issue of the team seeking permission from the karnatakagovernment to hold a victory celebration even before winning the IPL trophy has now come to light. This raises two doubts: Did the royal challengers Bangalore team know in advance that they were going to win the IPL trophy? If so, then the doubt has arisen that the outcome of the IPL series is already decided. Why is there a rush to hold a big victory celebration after winning the IPL trophy? Is there a business motive behind this? Did such a bad incident occur in a hurry to use the fans for their business purposes? This doubt has arisen. Let's see an explanation of these two doubts here.
The final of the 2025 IPL was held in ahmedabad on june 3. In it, the punjab Kings team was defeated by the royal challengers Bangalore team by six runs. It was 12:00 midnight when the match ended. At that time, it was announced that a victory ceremony would be held in Bangalore the next day and the Bangalore team players would go on a procession in an open-top bus. "How can such an announcement be made with certainty within minutes of winning the IPL trophy?" Many people asked. The question arose that such big events require time.
Meanwhile, the karnataka State cricket Association has written a letter to the state government in the early hours of june 3. It stated, "If royal challengers Bangalore wins the IPL trophy, permission should be given to a company called dna Entertainment Network Private Limited to hold a victory ceremony at the gate of Vidhan Soudha the next day. They are the ones who are going to hold the ceremony on behalf of royal challengers Bangalore. They will make the necessary arrangements to hold the victory ceremony at the gate of Vidhan Soudha."
After that, the royal challengers Bangalore team management's plan was to go from Vidhan Soudha to the nearby Chinnaswamy Stadium in an open-air bus. However, this letter has raised various doubts. "How can a team management ask that if their team wins the trophy, a victory ceremony should be held at the gate of the karnataka State Legislative Assembly? You can make such demands after winning the trophy. But if they are making such demands before that, then they must have known 100 percent in advance that they will win," this doubt was already present in many fans.
When the IPL started, the souvenir for the 18th year of the IPL was given to Virat Kohli. His jersey number is 18. Moreover, the royal challengers Bangalore team has not won the IPL trophy for 18 years. Considering all this, many people were jokingly and skeptically saying that the team would win the IPL trophy this year. In the end, that is what happened. The royal challengers Bangalore team management may have made this request with the idea of celebrating it in a big way if they win. But, "Why is there a rush to hold it the next day?" The question has arisen. Business with fans: If we look closely at some of the things that happened, the doubt has arisen, "Is the intention to make money with fans?" Because, within minutes of the royal challengers Bangalore team winning the midnight trophy on june 3, it was announced that a special T-shirt called 'Champions' was going on sale on behalf of the team. The T-shirt must have been made before the final. The question also arises, "How could they have made that T-shirt knowing in advance that their team was going to win the championship?" Perhaps it was a '50-50' chance of winning. Perhaps they were planning to sell it if they won. Like this T-shirt business, the biggest problem was that they planned to hold a grand ceremony in Bangalore the next day.
The purpose of increasing the team's rating? Why should a huge crowd be held and a ceremony be held the next day? It is suspected that there may be various business purposes behind this. As for IPL teams, the net profit earned by those teams is very low compared to their investment. But the profit of IPL teams lies in the rating of those teams. That is every year, business research companies will publish some information about the valuation of the mumbai Indians team and the valuation of the chennai Super Kings team. That is what determines the price of the shares of the company related to that team. For example, since the chennai Super Kings team has won the IPL trophy five times, has advanced to the IPL play-off round more times, and has a large fan base, advertisers will come forward to pay more money to that team. Also, more tickets will be sold. This will increase the valuation of the chennai Super Kings company. The face value of a share of the chennai Super Kings team is 10 paise. The book value is 13.92. However, the current market price of a CSK share is 190 rupees. This growth is what is important for IPL teams. The money-making machine royal challengers Bangalore team already has a large fan base.
Even though the team is not playing well, the fan base of the team has kept increasing. The team has already gained good value. But, they may have thought that with this victory, they would surpass other successful teams like mumbai Indians and chennai Super Kings in the ratings. They may have thought that by holding this victory ceremony, they could attract more advertisers next year and increase the number of items sold to fans like jerseys. Even if their business intentions were right, the question is whether they saw the fans as just money-making machines. It was because of this view that when lakhs of fans were gathering, the team management had posted on its social media page that the procession would take place after the victory ceremony at Chinnaswamy Stadium, even after the police announced that the procession had been canceled. It was an announcement made without thinking about the impact it would have. Furthermore, an announcement was made that tickets would be distributed to participate in the ceremony at Chinnaswamy Stadium. The announcement, which was made with half-baked information about it, led to rumors that tickets would be available for free. All this together caused a huge crowd there. In particular, the marketing officer of dna Entertainment Private Limited, which organized the event, has been arrested. Some executives from RCB have also been arrested. Let's hope that the facts regarding this will be revealed at the end of the investigation.
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