Is this justified?

The revelation came after crowd trouble again marred India's one-day series with West Indies on Tuesday.

India were declared the winners of the third match at Rajkot after play was abandoned when West Indies fielder Vasbert Drakes was struck by an object thrown from the crowd.

The first two matches in Jamshedpur and Nagpur were also affected by crowd trouble but play was able to continue.

Should the ICC implement the ultimate sanction?

This debate is now closed. A selection of your emails appears below.

Banning venues sounds like a good idea, but what would we do in England, where there are frequently a majority of fans of the touring team watching matches?

Such an action would leave these fans with the option of taking revenge on the English game by causing a disturbance in the (admittedly unlikely) event of England beating their team. In recent years we have had several pitch invasions, often largely by fans of the touring team.
Alex Fear, UK

The venues that have crowd trouble should be banned. Otherwise, how will the lesson be learnt? Also, it was wrong to declare India the victors. The match should have been abandoned.

Mike's logic (below) that India was in a strong position to win sounds hollow in game of cricket that is known for uncertainties and surprises. Remember the India versus South Africa semi-final in ICC Champions Trophy in Sri Lanka.
Dig, Japan

The ICC should have taken this step ages ago. This malaise has been affecting cricket for years now. Only civilized and sporting venues deserve to watch cricket. If need be, the extreme step of playing all matches in Chennai and Mohali should be considered.
Prashant Viswanathan, India/US

Cricket should follow football by example. When the fans of a team (in this case country) cause trouble, the team should not only have to pay a fine, they should be forced to play the next home match behind closed doors.

Once the revenue starts to dry up, then the country will make sure its fans behave. I am Indian through and through, but this is utterly disgusting. What a boorish bunch of spectators we have had for the one-day series between India and West Indies so far.
Shubhayan Mukhere, USA

The ICC in concert with the respective national cricket boards need to develop a list of "acceptability criteria" for hosting international matches. Yes, the ICC should abolish venues that do not conform to this standard of acceptability.

There needs to be clarity and consistent enforcement of this policy. Someone needs to be accountable. The security apparatus is a joke. The management of the cricket grounds should be fired. This has been a disgrace to the country and the sport.
Amar Nehru, USA

Some of these crazy/wild fans should be banned and tagged as hooligan Indians! I think the Indian authorities have to do a better screening job before letting some of these dudes into the stadium.

I can't imagine why anyone would not want to watch a full-flowing Virenda Sehwag in action! Doesn't make any sense!
Sonu, USA

Yes, the ICC should seriously consider axing venues. I am also extremely disappointed that India were handed the game. We do not know what the outcome will be and somebody needs to be held responsible for the unruly crowd. But not the WI team.
E Dickson, USA

Maybe suspend that venue for a year and go from there. But more importantly I would recommend a very strict policy rule for security personnel: Spectators should be checked before entering the venues, no objects should be allowed which are possible missiles. More security men should be employed.
Selwyn Mendes, Canada

We should implement a two-pronged solution: 1) Impose a stiff penalty on the organizers and use camera surveillance to take into custody individuals instigating the trouble. 2) If that does not work, ban the venue for three years
Gautom Dey, India

Never have I been more ashamed to be an Indian cricket supporter. The ICC needs to take serious measures to protect athletes, and suspension of matches at venues is a possible way.

Home players must also take a more active stand in such issues. If players such as Tendulkar, Ganguly and others refuse to play if another West Indian player gets hit, crowd trouble would probably immeadiately stop. Here's hoping the spirit of cricket and sportsmanship overcomes such petty actions.
Varun Bandi, India/USA

Absolutely. The ICC should blacklist venues in India and ban all kinds of international matches at those venues. The BCCI should follow the footsteps of the English and Australian boards and should allot international matches only to certain fixed venues.
Dinesh Kumar Selvaraj, USA

I fully welcome it. Jamshedpur, Rajkot, Nagpur have notorious crowds. They behave like a bunch of hooligans. In 1983, Jamshedpur, when Greenidge and Richards added 226 runs in 26 overs, the same thing happened.

The tradition continues. Chennai and Mohali are the only two stadiums which have clean records. Especially Chennai, which is one of the top five in the world with so many knowledgable spectators. There is an ocean of difference between the Chennai crowds and the rest.
Naveen, USA

All the troublesome venues should be AXED and the touring team should be awarded the victory.
Suresh, India

This is a serious problem affecting the cricket in many of the home venues. I think the ICC should be given sweeping powers to ban any venue which has this problem from hosting international fixtures. The sooner this is done, the better.
Shreejith Pillai, Albany, NY

Perfectly justified.They should have done this with the 1996 World Cup semi-finals. Eden Gardens is a big disgrace to Indian cricket and now the rest of the arenas seem to be following it.

If you cannot handle defeat then you might as well not watch the game. But Rajkot has taken it a step further with the crowd acting up even when the home team is winning.
Vasanth, USA-India

Yes! Ban the sites of crowd trouble. We want to see good cricket played and not bad crowd behaviour. The latter we can see at many other places in India.
Dr Devarajan, India

Yes, definitely - the venues should be banned. But also higher security and a better use of technology should be utilised. The use of video cameras to capture every spectator in the ground should be installed.

This way, the trouble makers can be brought to justice and the rest of the sincere fans may get to watch the game.
Jaspal, India, US

No, the venue has nothing to do with disruption. The law authorities should be penalised heavily for inadequate security arrangements so that in future they cannot afford laxity.
Dr Raeev Sood, India

I am ashamed to be an Indian cricket fan after all the events in the third one-day international at Rajkot. The ICC needs to take action, whichever they think is appropriate so that it will be a message to the rest of the people.
Raja Yadagiri, India