Published: Feb 16, 2015, 05:14 PM (IST)
Edited: Feb 16, 2015, 05:14 PM (IST)
Lucknow: Members of two communities clashed in Ballia district of Uttar Pradesh after India defeated Pakistan in an ICC Cricket World Cup 2015 group match, police said on Monday. Cricket supporters from a community were angry after some Indian cricket team fans started bursting crackers and danced on the roads. Some youths started pelting stones at them, beat them up and set a motorbike on fire. ICC Cricket World Cup 2015: POINTS TABLE
A shopkeeper asked the revellers not to burst crackers as his cotton shop could catch fire, police said. The spat turned ugly as people fought with each other and soon the violence spread to the entire locality. ICC Cricket World Cup 2015: SCHEDULE & MATCH DETAILS
“More than half-dozen people have been injured in the clashes. The situation is under control and additional police personnel have been deployed in the area,” police said. India defeated Pakistan by 76 runs in its first group match of Cricket World Cup 2015 in Adelaide Sunday. This was India’s sixth straight World Cup win over their arch-rivals. ICC Cricket World Cup 2015: Complete Coverage
Virat Kohli was the man of the match for his brilliant century and Pakistan skipper Misbah-ul-Haq was the lone shining star for Pakistan as he went down after scoring a fighting half-century.
