Play was interrupted twice as a section on the crowd threw bottles on to the field. Former players and commentators took to Twitter to express their disapproval of the crowd's behaviour.
Upset with India's dismal batting display in the 2nd Twenty20 International against South Africa, fans hurled plastic bottles onto the ground on Monday night.
After being sent to bat by South African captain Faf du Plessis, Indian batsmen struggled as they were bowled out for 92 runs in 17.2 overs. This was a must-win game for the hosts in the 3-match series after losing the opener by 7 wickets in Dharamsala.
It was a full house (attendance - 44,790) at the Barabati Stadium, hosting its first ever T20I and some fans in one of the stands were agitated with the Indian team and started hurling plastic bottles onto the ground.
This was after India were bowled out. Again water bottles were thrown with South Africa needing 29 more runs to win, at the end of the 11th over (South Africa 64/3). Play was stopped due to this crowd trouble. It resumed after about 25-minute stoppage.
Former India captain Sunil Gavaskar on commentary, said, "This is so so sad. (This has) spoilt the name of Indian cricket."
Tonight's 92 was the second lowest T20I score by India after 74 against Australia at the Melbourne Cricket Ground (MCG) in February 2008.
Here are some of the tweets on the bottle-throwing incident:
Upset with India's dismal batting display in the 2nd Twenty20 International against South Africa, fans hurled plastic bottles onto the ground on Monday night.
After being sent to bat by South African captain Faf du Plessis, Indian batsmen struggled as they were bowled out for 92 runs in 17.2 overs. This was a must-win game for the hosts in the 3-match series after losing the opener by 7 wickets in Dharamsala.
It was a full house (attendance - 44,790) at the Barabati Stadium, hosting its first ever T20I and some fans in one of the stands were agitated with the Indian team and started hurling plastic bottles onto the ground.
This was after India were bowled out. Again water bottles were thrown with South Africa needing 29 more runs to win, at the end of the 11th over (South Africa 64/3). Play was stopped due to this crowd trouble. It resumed after about 25-minute stoppage.
Former India captain Sunil Gavaskar on commentary, said, "This is so so sad. (This has) spoilt the name of Indian cricket."
Tonight's 92 was the second lowest T20I score by India after 74 against Australia at the Melbourne Cricket Ground (MCG) in February 2008.
Here are some of the tweets on the bottle-throwing incident:
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