RCB BOMBED,but by Mumbai Indians!

Posted on April 18, 2010. Filed under: Cricket, Leadership, Strategy, Terror | Tags: bangalore blasts, bangalore bombs, Blasts in chinnaswamy stadium, Chinna swamy Stadium, IPL 2010, IPL 3.0, IPL 3rd edition, IPL T20, Mumbai Indians, Pietersen, Rahul Dravid, RCB, RCB vs MI, Sachin Tendulkar |

I went to the stadium on 17th April forthe RCB vs MI match and was crossing,rather running towards Gate 18 on link road and had just crossed G12 at 315 pm.Now what,a BIG BLAST,a few feet away from the fans queing up on the platform to get in through G12 and about 50 mtrs away from us(Me,My friend Ravi and his son Sharath a 10th Grader).Then we saw all the hoardings in the area lay in tatters.

But we did not exactly know what happened proceeded to G18 and went inside and sat.30000 people and it was rather subdued…..no music no hungama and it was 3:30 and no sign of toss.Then it began to sink in…..It was a Bomb blast which we witnessed 15 mins back…..Quickly we made a plan as to how to exit inc ase of evacuation and escape from possible stampedes….But I think the authorities handled the situation very well.

1.All the policemen in the stands told the people,the generator blasted and hence there will be a delay.

2.The screens flashed “the match is delayed” and no reason was flashed.

3.The star players like Sachin,Pollard,Shikar Dhawan and the entire MI team kept practicing with Jhonty Rhodes.But the key foreign players were conspicuous by their absence.

4.While there were hectic parleys between B rijesh Patel,GR vishwananth,Vijay Mallya and other officials,near the pavilion,which not many took notice off.

5.As luck would have it the telephone lines got jammed preventing the fans from getting the information about the blasts which was now confirmed by NDTV as Low intensity Crude explosions.It was 445 pm then.

6.And as the players withdrew to the pavilion,we pretty much lost hope…Bingo the screen flashes the match will start at 5 with no reduction…and the entire crowd went berserk with Joy

7.It was all in all a scary experience for some of us who knew it was a bomb blast….but hats off to all those security and administration officials and of course the players…..They did their job very well.Silence is Golden under such situations and they did that precisely.If there were to be a stampede there would have been many lives lost!!Thank YOU.

8.After all this RCB was bombarded in all departments by Mumbai Indians and were reduced to a sad sight….That was another matter altogether!!!!If your strength is batting,as is made to believe,in a home ground situation you dont choose to bowl after winning the toss.Sincerely hope they would now positively play to their strength.

9.May those people injured mentally and physically by this yet another cowardly act,recover fast with God’s grace.

10.Finally terrorism and bomb blasts are not anymore a distant happening which you see only on NDTV,it is happening in your neighborhood….true reflection of our times where every one is fighting with every other in the rat race.