The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) president Shashank
Manohar has sought for a detailed report from Ashirwad Behera, the
secretary of the Orissa Cricket Association, following unruly crowd behaviour in Cuttack during the second T20I between India and South Africa that the hosts lost by seven wickets.
The
two teams witnessed some ugly scenes at
the Barabati stadium on
Wednesday, when a certain set of fans displayed their anger at India's
poor capitulation by throwing bottles onto the field. When the players
were heading back to the pavilion at the half-way stage after India were
bundled out for a paltry total of 92, fans in gallery no. 4 started to
hurl bottles and were relentless in expressing their displeasure. The
new BCCI president has asked OCA to explain why bottles were allowed
inside the stadium since it was against the guidelines given by ICC.
Play
was suspended temporarily with the players walking off as police moved
to take control of the situation. After a length interruption, play
resumed and South Africa cantered to victory. Even as India skipper MS
Dhoni played down the turn of events in his post-match comments, BCCI
have not taken the crowd reaction lightly and expect a report to be
submitted within two days.
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