this is shameful

[Lord]

: Indian openers Virender Sehwag and Gautam Gambhir escaped unhurt as cricket crazy crowds clashed with police, hurling stones and scuffling with men in uniform, at Moin-ul-Haq stadium on Monday during the prize distribution ceremony of a Twenty20 cricket tournament. None of the members of the Indian squad, including Praveen Kumar, who have been named for the Sri Lanka tour beginning later this month, was injured, superintendent of police (city) Anwar Hussain said. The stadium plunged into utter chaos when scores of unruly fans in their uncontrolled eagerness to have a close look at the cricket stars, scaled the iron mesh fence and climbed down on to the field where the stage was set for prize distribution by Governor R L Bhatia. As they scrambled to come close to the players, the police overpowered a couple of them and rained baton blows. Angry at this, hundreds of others in the stands began throwing stones at the police, inflicting minor injuries to two of them. Many other fans streamed into the ground through a portion of the fence that gave way. Soon more policemen guarding the periphery of the stadium were called in and a security cordon was thrown around the players and the VIPs, including the Governor. As the chaotic scenes continued for about half an hour, Bhatia gave away the Aircel T-20 cricket festival frontline trophy to Sehwag, ITC XI skipper. As the situation threatened to turn uglier, Bhojpuri actor and singer Manoj Tiwari came to the field holding a microphone and tried to pacify the agitated spectators by belting out a few Bhojpuri film numbers. Former India cricketer-turned BJP politician Kirti Azad, also president of Association of Bihar Cricket (ABC) which organised the T-20 festival charity tournament for raising funds for the state's flood victims, came to the field to try and calm the crowd. "I hope you loved the game and I am contemplating organising more such matches in the future. I will strive to bring Bangladesh and Sri Lanka teams here to entertain you, but if you show the same lack of spirit how will it be possible?" asked Azad, the chairman of the organising committee of the tournament. Meanwhile, police escorted Governor R L Bhatia to the Raj Bhavan and whisked away the cricketers to their hotel. "Thankfully, none of the players nor VIPs were injured. All were escorted to safety," Anwar Hussain said.

[Sachinism]

Shameful? they're just die-hard fans lol