India, Feb. 12 -- The Delhi and District Cricket Association (DDCA) on Thursday issued a clarification after a video went viral on social media, showing a vendor at the Arun Jaitley Stadium in New Delhi pouring aerated drinks from a glass into a bottle. The small clip, which emerged after the T20 World Cup Group A match between Namibia and the Netherlands on February 10, sparked outrage on social media, with several netizens flagging hygiene issues. Just minutes before the start of the fixture between India and Namibia, the DDCA said that hygiene protocols were in place at all venues, and that the vendor was simply pouring the drink into the bottle as part of the waste-collection process.

The said video from last week showed the staff at...