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BCCI condemns Jamshedpur
crowd behaviour

The Board of Control for Cricket in India strongly condemned the unruly crowd behaviour during the opening one-day international cricket match between India and the West Indies at Jamshedpur and promised to "think hard" before allotting international matches to such venues.

"Crowd disturbances on cricket grounds anywhere in the world is certainly condemnable. It is against the very spirit of the game. What happened at the Keenan stadium yesterday was no exception," BCCI president Jagmohan Dalmiya said on Thursday.

The board, he said, would have to "think hard" before allotting international matches to venues that are "disturbance-prone".

"We have to understand that safety and security are primary pre-requisites for staging international cricket matches."

The BCCI chief said the only silver lining was that better sense prevailed finally and the game resumed, leading to such a fantastic finish.

The spectators at the Keenan stadium at Jamshedpur started throwing missiles, including water bottles, on to the ground when the West Indies needed 13 runs from the last three overs to overtake India's total 283 for six, holding up the game for quite some time.

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