Ban on water bottles in Green Park Stadium, Kanpur, for October 11th ODI

The incident of bottle throwing in the T20 match in Cuttack has left a bad taste in the mouth and has sent alarm bells ringing and the crowd trouble there has forced the Kanpur police to go in for banning all water bottles from being brought into the stadium for the opening ODI on October 11 between South Africa and India.
This has been reported in zeenews.india.com dated 7 October 2015.

The crowd trouble in Cuttack marred the second Twenty20 International between India and South Africa and the Kanpur police does not want to face any such incident. Hence, the ban on bringing water bottles and tiffins into the stadium for the opening ODI.
How effective such a ban would be is debatable because, an ODI is a 50-over-a-side match and goes on for at least 9 to 10 hours – the game itself is of 8-hours duration plus the break and fans arrive much before the start. Obviously, the administration would have to make suitable arrangements to provide water to the fans.
As an additional preventive measure, a 10 feet high net is being installed in front of the stands. That would ensure that even if any object is thrown by fans, it does not reach the ground.
(Image courtesy wikimediacommons.org)

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