Prithvi rightly calls the Faridabad incident, where fans including valid ticket holders were lathi-charged by police, a disgrace. But it is not so much a disgrace as our attitude towards such actions.

This is not the first time fans have been beaten and chased from a venue, and this certainly will not be the last time. The BCCI is just extending the politician mentality – I need your votes but I don’t care if the devil takes you – by concentrating on piling up the money for God knows what, and not giving two hoots about trivial things like spectator comfort and experience.

So what do we, the spectators, do? Turn up in huge numbers, match after match, and wait in line to be beaten to death. While all the seats are filled up by people who know officials in BCCI and who know people who know officials in BCCI.

The only way to counter such brazen attitude is a boycott of such venues by the cricket fans. Watch all the matches on TV, I say. After all, television is much cheaper, more comfortable, and no police would come to your house to cane you – yet. There is nothing like an empty stadium to egg the authorities on to create a better atmosphere for the fans.

P.S. I just saw his followup on this incident. I hope the kid makes a speedy recovery. I'm sure the BCCI or the HCA won't do anything about it, not even render as much as an apology. They got their money for that match, didn't they?