Wankhede: worst crowd?

[Team Slayer]

Seriously, this crowd is terrible. I thought Eden Gardens was bad, but these people take the cake.

They booed Sachin Tendulkar...SACHIN TENDULKAR! Totally disgraceful, I wonder how the poor guy felt afterwards! Not only was that low, their constant anti-Pakistan jibes were pathetic and classless. I wonder what would happen if we ever play India in Mumbai.

[sehsan]

i was really surprised anyti-pakistan jibes. First i thought its something else but after listening carefully, i was shocked. I thought they are our friend? HA HA HA. What a joke. You can never win INDIAN hearts

[Easa]

Originally Posted by Team Slayer I wonder what would happen if we ever play India in Mumbai.

We'll probably get stoned...

[Easa]

Sure Sachin is past it, but why boo such a great servant to Indian cricket for the past 15 years?

If anything, he deserves a far better exit, imo.

[Gasherbrum]

Originally Posted by Easatheman We'll probably get stoned...

nah raas, it ain't kingston jamaica, you know?

[Oxy]

Thats why our 'Jeet lo Dil' approach (by fans and admin) really peed me off - knowing what they were like over there.

[Easa]

Originally Posted by Gasherbrum nah raas, it ain't kingston jamaica, you know?

You never know with this crowd...

[Rickz]

I would say Calcutta 96 was the worst ever.

[Oxy]

Originally Posted by Playa And what about the crowd in the Old trafford 99 super 6 match, and what about the pitch invansions in England.

Dont recall any 'anti-Indian' taunts or chanting in that. Idiots running onto the pitch-Yes.

Also, there is a world of difference between ex-pat fans in a 3rd country.

We are talking about about a home INDIAN crowd - if you caompare 'like for like' (i.e a home Pak crowd), all they chanted was niceties towards India.

Idiot Pak home crowd is my verdict for being so gullable

[Rickz]

Originally Posted by Oxy™ Dont recall any 'anti-Indian' taunts or chanting in that. Idiots running onto the pitch-Yes. Also, there is a world of difference between ex-pat fans in a 3rd country. We are talking about about a home INDIAN crowd - if you caompare 'like for like' (i.e a home Pak crowd), all they chanted was niceties towards India. Idiot Pak home crowd is my verdict for being so gullable

Mate I edited my post, sorry if you got it the wrong way.

[Team Slayer]

they also booed Sehwag! man these people are hot-headed.

as far as Pak crowds go, I am very happy with the way our crowds behave for the most part.

[Gasherbrum]

Calcutta 96 or Calcutta 99 where everyone was 'lathi-charged' out of the stadium?

[Team Slayer]

lathi-charged! From what I have heard, the Eden Gardens also booed India and actually cheered for SA when the two played an ODI there last year!! Why? Because Ganguly was sacked from captaincy and was not playing.

[Oxy]

The Pak crowd changes when Afridi is concerned - booing Malik/Pak Mangt when Afridi didnt come out to bat is as bad as it gets - I would be very disappointed if Pak crowds cursed India.

Best to say nothing than to engage in that behaviour - low class menta;ity

[Sultan Yusuf]

Apart from the Anti-pak remarks....

Justified in booiing the chotu...

[Uzzy]

What were the anti Pak remarks?

[shaffan]

It went something like this 'gali gali mai shoor hai, pakistan choor hai'
disgraceful stuff

[Monsee]

I have to admit they are kinda justified in booing the teenda

[Ayubi]

I think the name of the stadium sums it all up

[Sultan Yusuf]

Originally Posted by Oxy™ The Pak crowd changes when Afridi is concerned - booing Malik/Pak Mangt when Afridi didnt come out to bat is as bad as it gets - I would be very disappointed if Pak crowds cursed India. Best to say nothing than to engage in that behaviour - low class menta;ity

They were playfully booing him!! And even if they weren't, they were still justified cos they paid to watch the match!

[Swaraj!!]

Regardless....I believe that Indian Crowds overall have been the worst all through. Take in Mumbai, Kolkata, even Jamshedpur , there are countless instances. One ground where people have been really good is Chennai but there might be some incident I am not aware of somewhere.
A few weeks ago when we were discussing the racial taunts in Australia, I was thinking that disgusting or not , atleast they werent viscious. These ones are viscious. Sadly, I do not think there is anything that can be done except ban and prosecute certain perpetrators very publicly. The huge population just means that many greater idiots, who just have enough money to buy a ticket.
Some guys might think they were justified based on the teams performances....but just as being drunk doesnt justify your running over someone, being dissapointed doesnt justify your forgetting all norms of civility.

[Hashim]

Pakistan crowds are being too nice and polite to India, when we go there they show us full hate and when they came to us we just smile and treat them like royalty! India is our enemy and India is still occuyping Kashmir yet when they come to Pakistan look at the 'we want peace' banners, what kind of naive/gulliable mentality is this?!!

[Farhad]

Pak crowds overall are highly civilized and cultured. Same cannot be said of the Indian ones - worst deeds were when they barraged Windies cricketers with bottles, litter etc. when Team Indian was getting beaten. OK you can have the odd nutter who can spoil the atmosphere but when you have hundreds and hundreds of such uncouth idiots running riot, it is Indian crowd at its best. Classic was the '99 Calcutta Test match when Dalmiya ordered the police to kick out each and every spectator from the ground so that the match could be finished. There were reports of even fans in VIPs getting their backs belted when they refused to vacate the ground. Historic. They deserved that.

[Team Slayer]

booing tendulkar was NOT justified! can you ever imagine miandad being booed at NSK?

i really hope one day we play a test or an odi at mumbai in front of a packed crowd and afridi does a kanpur or shoaib (or someonelse) does a kolkatta '99. boy, the scenes in the stands alone would be worth watching.

[Rudi hater]

Indian crowd is known for it uncivilise behavior, they are good for nothing.

[Rickz]

I would say that the Indian crowd is the worst........but thats only about a bit of all the population, but a lot of people take us the wrong way.......not all Indians are like that.

[Rudi hater]

Most are I guess only minority behaves at the cricket matches in India.

[Saj]

One thing that is noticeable is the amount of barbed wire around some of the stands. Amazing - I havent seen that much barbed wire since I watched The Shawshank Redemption.

[KaSaNoVa_G]

They wer saying loads of chants towards flintoff today... most of it about his mum and him..
which is just wrong... 1st of all he aint done nothing to annoy the indian crowd..
and 2nd of all say somthing about him if you want but no need to brings one family in to it...

[Team Slayer]

Originally Posted by Playa I would say that the Indian crowd is the worst........but thats only about a bit of all the population, but a lot of people take us the wrong way.......not all Indians are like that.

yar who said that all Indians are like that? of course they aren't, i was pointing out this crowd in particular.

[Saqs]

Originally Posted by Ayubi I think the name of the stadium sums it all up

I thought i was the only who realised how incredibly absurd the name of the ground is...
i mean, how do you pronounce this on national TV without any censorship committee knocking down your door?

I for one enjoy watching India playing in India, simply because of the crowds there...if somebody is THAT passionate about cricket, its a joy to watch, but yeah, there are lines you dont cross...booing sachin....thats just low

[waqar_ahmad]

Originally Posted by saqibsalman I thought i was the only who realised how incredibly absurd the name of the ground is... i mean, how do you pronounce this on national TV without any censorship committee knocking down your door? I for one enjoy watching India playing in India, simply because of the crowds there...if somebody is THAT passionate about cricket, its a joy to watch, but yeah, there are lines you dont cross...booing sachin....thats just low

india has the worst crowd. cant imagine the kind of things they do in the ground that is named EDEN GARDENS. doesnt look like a peaceful garden to me

[Saqs]

^sorry, but there are wayyyyy too many funny/peculiar-looking faces in the sea of indians in the crowd for me to knock them down

everytime the camera pans across the spectators, you are guaranteed a laugh

what, with the fashion sense that europeans would envy, and moustaches galore that hitler would cringe at

brilliant

[Hash]

Indian crowds are the worst in the world.

In terms of sportsmanship and appreciating good cricket, Pakistan crowds are by far the best. This Jeet Lo Dil mentality goes too far. I think we should make the opposition 100% feel that they are ALL ALONE in Pakistan. No we should not throw bottles at them, no we should not set fire to the stadium when we lose (as regularly happens in India)...........but we should create an atmosphere that is 200% behind Pakistan and 200% against our opposition.

[The_Cricket_Devil]

while pakistani crowds are amazing imo i think the west indian crowd is the best at appreciating good cricket

[Rudi hater]

West Indian crowed is not all that sporting, to be quite honest with you majority of english crowed is quite responsive of good cricket. WI crowed do invade pitches when other team seems like that they are going to win.

[Oxy]

Originally Posted by Saj One thing that is noticeable is the amount of barbed wire around some of the stands. Amazing - I havent seen that much barbed wire since I watched The Shawshank Redemption.

I noticed that - esp at this stadium. I think it sums it up. The authorities know what to expect.

[MIB]

Originally Posted by sp10006 Regardless....I believe that Indian Crowds overall have been the worst all through. Take in Mumbai, Kolkata, even Jamshedpur , there are countless instances. One ground where people have been really good is Chennai but there might be some incident I am not aware of somewhere. A few weeks ago when we were discussing the racial taunts in Australia, I was thinking that disgusting or not , atleast they werent viscious. These ones are viscious. Sadly, I do not think there is anything that can be done except ban and prosecute certain perpetrators very publicly. The huge population just means that many greater idiots, who just have enough money to buy a ticket. Some guys might think they were justified based on the teams performances....but just as being drunk doesnt justify your running over someone, being dissapointed doesnt justify your forgetting all norms of civility.

I am from Chennai

no such crowd behaviour will happen in chennai

[James]

"We want Sourav, We want Sourav, we want Sourav"

Anyone hear that one? Well you couldnt really fail to hear it...

[Team Slayer]

LOL, are you serious Whippy?!

[James]

In the presentations, Dravid was getting interviewed and doing his best to ignore the enormous chants for Ganguly.

I did feel a bit sorry for him, he did wrongly insert England in this match (what a nice man ) but seriously, his batting has held together India in all 3 test matches and they wouldve lost the series without him. He seems like such a down-to-earth classy cricketer as well.

[Team Slayer]

Poor guy, 100th Test match and this is how they treat him. These people have no class.

[cricketisit]

bunch of chootia crowd (clowns) this indian bombay crowd. they are a bunch of ********.

They didnt deserve pakistan hospitality.
They deserve lathi charge, and no one knows it better then their own rulers

[Uzzy]

Was it me or did anyone notice the crowd chanting 'England Sucks' throughout this test?

[SOLAR]

"gali Gali Main Shor Hai--------india Shikastkhor Hai"

[Rickz]

Originally Posted by Uzzy Was it me or did anyone notice the crowd chanting 'England Sucks' throughout this test?

Yes I heard it, The mumbai crowd are a bunch of idoits, I hated it.............felt sorry for dravid aswell.

[billyoem]

Originally Posted by sehsan i was really surprised anyti-pakistan jibes. First i thought its something else but after listening carefully, i was shocked. I thought they are our friend? HA HA HA. What a joke. You can never win INDIAN hearts

What were they chanting ?

[Geordie Ahmed]

Originally Posted by Uzzy Was it me or did anyone notice the crowd chanting 'England Sucks' throughout this test?

This is an England side missing a few key players, so what does that say about India?

[billyoem]

Originally Posted by KaSaNoVa_G They wer saying loads of chants towards flintoff today... most of it about his mum and him.. which is just wrong... 1st of all he aint done nothing to annoy the indian crowd.. and 2nd of all say somthing about him if you want but no need to brings one family in to it...

The Wankede stadium was appropriately named because the Indian authorities knew it was going to be populated by bigotted Indian wan*ers.

[Farhad]

Originally Posted by saqibsalman ^sorry, but there are wayyyyy too many funny/peculiar-looking faces in the sea of indians in the crowd for me to knock them down everytime the camera pans across the spectators, you are guaranteed a laugh what, with the fashion sense that europeans would envy, and moustaches galore that hitler would cringe at brilliant

So true!

[James]

This may well go down as one of the worst crowds for a test match ever.

[sehsan]

Originally Posted by billyoem What were they chanting ?

It was something like this 'gali gali mai shoor hai, pakistan choor hai'

[Team Slayer]

they were also hurling abuses (in hindi) at flintoff and his mom. i would be ashamed if NSK or any other Pak crowd ever behaved like that.

on a side note, i personally feel that the nsk crowd is brilliant. they support the team, the don't support the opposition, but when someone from the opposition does a good job or makes a good play, they always applaud. good sporting, supportive crowd.

[James]

So Flintoff and his mother were insulted by these wankers, but he still was a class act as usual after the game, has praised India throughout the series and never mentioned the derogatory chants.

Legend.

[Fawad]

Next time india come to Pak i will personally go at the Lahore cricket ground and hurl degratory remarks about india.
I'm gonna have a field day tomorrow at Uni . The look on the indian faces 2mrw at uni would be priceless esp the hindus and sikhs. From my experience indian muslims do not give a sh.it about their cricket team and quite rightly so.

[cornered paktiger]

Having been to most test countries:

the best crowds (i.e. appreciative of good play even if its the opposing team) are Pakistan and England (though this is offset by the drunks who think they are funny but are in fact morons).

Worst - Australia but even they're nowhere as bad as India. Sadly Indian crowds are getting worse and on occasions are little better than animals.

[Asim2Good]

there were alot of a$$holes chants as well on Sunday when I was watching match. !st I thought i was not hearing clearly as there was no any mention from commentators about those stupid chants

[Uzzy]

Yeah i noticed that too. Chants of ********, England Sucks and etc. Bunch of wankers.

[Farhad]

Originally Posted by Whippy squash So Flintoff and his mother were insulted by these wankers, but he still was a class act as usual after the game, has praised India throughout the series and never mentioned the derogatory chants. Legend.

At Gaddafi in the last Series, Pietersen and Flintoff became instant hits with the Pak fans and there names were being chanted. Our section of the crowd was chanting Freddie-Freddie a lot when he was bowling from this end, to which even the Englishman appreciated. This was the day when Akmal and Yousuf built that mammoth stand.

Paksters appreciate great cricketers - Indian crowds generally just get hysterical and rabid though due to their game.

[Uzzy]

Oxy why did you edit my post when a few posters above me used the same word! Why not edit them too.

[Geordie Ahmed]

bump

[sneekysneeky]

rootu hain saalay

[Lightning]

LOL man this crowd is hiiiillllarious! Sweet!

[cavin420]

Originally Posted by Fawad Next time india come to Pak i will personally go at the Lahore cricket ground and hurl degratory remarks about india. I'm gonna have a field day tomorrow at Uni . The look on the indian faces 2mrw at uni would be priceless esp the hindus and sikhs. From my experience indian muslims do not give a sh.it about their cricket team and quite rightly so.

i would suggest you dont do that, dont go the same road as the indian ********, if you do then no difference between us and them

[aamir_riaz]

Yeah your are right Cavin !! Although the guys suggesting that the crowd should appreciate good cricket!! Well I differ I think the crowd should support the Home team as hard as they could without offending the other team!! Whats the home crowd for!! Also out of the stadium they should treat the visiting team as their guests!!! Indian crowd has gone mad after the repetitive failure of their best batting lineup and big names mayby that makes them abuse the other teams and Pakistan born Owais Shah!! I have no doubt they must have abused Monty also!!!