Serious crowd trouble followed the abandonment of the fifth one-day match between India and England in Guwahati.
The 20,000 sell-out crowd had waited for several hours without seeing a single ball bowled when the decision to call the game off was taken.
Some threw objects onto the outfield and small fires were lit, prompting police to fire tear gas into the crowd and at least 12 have been injured.
The teams had been whisked away by an armed escort just before trouble began.
Deepak Dutt, police chief of Assam state, said three policemen out of 100 deployed at the game were among the casualties.
He added: "The crowd got agitated when match was called off without any play.
"The situation has now been brought under control and the venue evacuated."
The ground staff had done their utmost to get the game under way - the first limited overs international at the stadium for four years - and had even brought in a helicopter and used its rotor blades to dry the pitch.
But it was all in vain as the players and umpires deemed the playing surface unfit for the match to go ahead.
Umpire Rudi Koertzen told BBC Sport: "We have to consider the safety of the players and both camps were adamant they were not happy with the run ups and the fielding areas, particularly the slip cordon. That is why it had to be called off."
He said he sympathised with the crowd and understood their frustration but there was no alternative except to call the game off.
"People have been sitting here all day waiting for the game to take place. They haven't had any cricket for years so you can understand how they feel," he added.
If the match had have gone ahead, Andrew Strauss and Virender Sehwag would have led the two teams, with skippers Andrew Flintoff and Rahul Dravid opting to take a break.
Geraint Jones, still struggling with a thigh strain, would have been rested.
India have already clinched the series with victories in the first four games. The teams now head to Jamshedpur for the next game on Wednesday.
