Bengaluru, February 12 The Karnataka Cabinet on Thursday decided to allow the KSCA to hold IPL matches at the Chinnaswamy Cricket Stadium here.
Cricket matches at the stadium have remained suspended after celebrations marking Royal Challengers Bengaluru’s (RCB) maiden IPL title win in June 2025 ended in tragedy, leaving 11 people dead and more than 30 injured in a stampede outside the venue.
The government had formed a committee headed by Justice John Michael Cunha to investigate the matter. It issued a series of recommendations.
Later, a panel led by Greater Bengaluru Authority Chief Commissioner M Maheshwar Rao was constituted to determine whether the recommendations were implemented.
"Today we decided to allow Indian Premier League matches to be played, but the Cabinet asked the Home Department to set conditions by issuing special orders (for the Karnataka State Cricket Association (KSCA) and RCB to comply)," Karnataka Law and Parliamentary Affairs Minister H K Patil told reporters. He added that the orders could be issued within the next two days.
According to him, one of the conditions was that the gates should be widened.
The minister also said that the Cabinet discussed Special Intensive Revision. Some discussions took place on the manner and the process in which it is being conducted in some places. The Cabinet asked the Law and Parliamentary Affairs department to study it and submit a report, Patil said.
When asked whether the report will be submitted by the month end, he said, "definitely".
