Several feared dead in stampede outside cricket stadium in India
Several people were feared dead and many more injured in a stampede on Wednesday outside a cricket stadium in southern India's Karnataka state.
The incident happened as thousands of cricket fans gathered outside the M Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bengaluru city to celebrate the winners of the Indian Premier League, which is the world's most popular T20 cricket tournament.
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The Times of India newspaper reported at least seven people had died in the crush.
An ambulance arrives at the M Chinnaswamy Stadium (Aijaz Rahi/AP)
Local TV news channels showed visuals of police shifting the injured people and those who fell unconscious to ambulances.
DK Shivakumar, the deputy chief minister of Karnataka state, told reporters that 'the crowd was very uncontrollable'.
The event was being held to celebrate Royal Challengers Bengaluru's first Indian Premier League title win on Tuesday.
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- The Guardian
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Bavuma is 35 and he has long carried a burden of responsibility. In 2017 he was the first black South African to be chosen as a Test batter and, six years later, he became even more of a pioneer when appointed captain. He has won eight and drawn one of his nine Tests leading the Proteas. He will soon discuss the odds South Africa have overcome to reach the Test final, ahead of the economic powerhouses India and England, but we linger over the lessons of Langa. The sidestreet nicknamed the MCG was favoured by the older boys. 'I'd be playing against 15-year-olds who preferred it because it had a downhill, which helped them when bowling fast. That's where my competitiveness comes from. Even at 12, you have to front up to the older guys. They're not going to bowl any slower, or give you half-volleys, just because you're younger.' Danger, steeped in South African township life, loomed over those innocent games of cricket. 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Bavuma recalls being one of only three black boys at primary school and he would commute every day from Langa to the plush streets in the hushed shadow of Table Mountain. 'As a kid you are quite ignorant,' he says when describing the jolting contrast. 'You see things but it's very hard for you to comprehend – even if the disparity is quite obvious. It would really hit me when SACS played against Langa. At that time Langa was strong in cricket and I would be playing against my friends that I grew up with in the township. 'I would be a SACS boy who'd been there two years. By then you know how to conduct yourself at lunch. You're not going to dish up a big plate whereas my friends from Langa would have huge plates. We'd laugh about it but, when you think about it, the Langa boy would be wondering when is he going to get another opportunity to eat food like that?' 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