Guwahati stone-throwing incident NOT reflective of our security measures: Sports Minister Rajyavardhan Rathore

The Australian cricket team bus was pelted with stones while they were returning to their hotel following an eight-wicket win over India in the second T20I.

 

IndiaToday.in  | Written by Rohan Sen
New Delhi, October 11, 2017 | UPDATED 11:11 IST
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Highlights

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    A stone was thrown at their bus on its return to a city hotel from the Barsapara Cricket Stadium
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    No player was injured in the incident
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    The board said the rock was "believed to be roughly the size of a cricket ball"

Sports Minister Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore on Wednesday condemned the stone-throwing incident on the Australian cricket team bus and has had a word with Assam chief minister Sarbananda Sonowal about the same as well.

"Guwahati stone-throwing incident NOT reflective of our security measures. Aus team & FIFA are content w/those. India remains a graceful host," Rathore, who replaced Vijay Goel as the Sports Minister earlier this year, tweeted.

"Have spoken to Sarbananda Sonowal ji about the Guwahati incident. Personal security of visiting athletes & teams is extremely important for us," he added.

Sonowal immediately responded by saying that the investigations regarding the incident are on in full swing and the police have already picked up two suspects.

Players and staff were travelling from Busapara Stadium back to their team hotel, after their 8-wicket win over the hosts in the second T20I, in the eastern city when the rock pierced the window on the right-hand side of the bus, CA said on its website.

The board said the rock was "believed to be roughly the size of a cricket ball" and had ended up inside the bus.

"In a remarkable piece of good fortune, no one was sitting on the seat next to the window when it was broken," CA's report said.

"While no one was injured, the Australian players were understandably shaken up by the incident."

Australia opening batsman Aaron Finch posted a photo of a shattered window on a bus on Twitter.

"Pretty scary having a rock thrown through the team bus window on the way back to the hotel!!" he tweeted.

Australia are scheduled to play India in the third and final Twenty20 of the series in Hyderabad on Friday.