RCB Shifts IPL 2026 Home Matches from Chinnaswamy After Deadly Stampede

• Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) will not play their IPL 2026 home matches at M. Chinnaswamy Stadium.
• The decision follows a deadly stampede during RCB's victory parade last year, which claimed 11 lives and injured 50.
• RCB will host five home matches at Navi Mumbai’s DY Patil Stadium and two at Raipur’s Shaheen Veer Narayan Singh Stadium.
• The Karnataka state government denied permission for Vijay Hazare Trophy matches at Chinnaswamy due to safety concerns.
• A report by Justice John Michael D’Cunha deemed M. Chinnaswamy Stadium "highly unsafe" for large gatherings.

Why It Matters: RCB moves IPL 2026 home games from Chinnaswamy due to safety concerns after a fatal stampede.