BCCI slams OCA for allowing fans to carry water bottles into the stadium

BCCI slams OCA for allowing fans to carry water bottles into the stadium

FPJ BureauUpdated: Friday, May 31, 2019, 09:57 PM IST
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(FILES) In this photograph taken on October 5, 2015, cricketers and match officials look on as play is interrupted by spectators throwing bottles onto the pitch during the second T20 cricket match between India and South Africa at The Barabati Stadium in Cuttack. India great Sunil Gavaskar led calls on October 6, 2015, for Cuttack to be banned as a cricket venue after crowd trouble twice brought a halt to play in a Twenty20 international against South Africa. Angry Indian fans hurled water bottles onto the field of play in Monday night's match at the Barabati stadium after the hosts were bowled out for 92, their second-lowest total in T20 matches. AFP PHOTO/DIBYANGSHU SARKAR/FILES --IMAGE RESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE - STRICTLY NO COMMERCIAL USE-- |

New Delhi : Livid with the crowd trouble that marred the second T20 between India and South Africa in Cuttack, the BCCI sought a report from the Orissa Cricket Association asking the body to explain why spectators were allowed to carry bottles inside the stadium.

The second T20, which South Africa won by six wickets, was stopped more than once after spectators started throwing bottles on the ground following India’s poor performance. The match was completed after the trouble-making stands were evacuated.

“In the wake of unruly behaviour by the crowd at the Barabati Stadium in Cuttack during the second T20I between India and South Africa on October 5, 2015, the BCCI President, Shashank Manohar, has asked the Hon. Secretary of Orissa Cricket Association, Ashirwad Behera, to submit a report on the incident within two days,” the Board said in a statement.

“During the second innings of the match, the spectators at the Barabati Stadium disrupted the game by hurling plastic water bottles on the field of play. As a result, the play had to be stopped for several minutes before most of the spectators were evacuated from the stadium for play to resume.

“Manohar has asked the state association to explain why the spectators were allowed to carry the bottles inside the stadium, which is against the ICC Guidelines,” it added.

The unruly behaviour of the fans drew unanimous condemnation with former captains Sunil Gavaskar and Sachin Tendulkar among those deploring the incident. —PTI

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