Cricket fans wait for 20 hours in queue to get tickets, get caned
2 years, 3 months ago

Cricket fans wait for 20 hours in queue to get tickets, get caned

Deccan Chronicle  

HYDERABAD: Thousands of cricket fans in Hyderabad, who went to purchase the tickets for the T20I match between India and Australia scheduled to be held at the Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium, here on Sunday, left with gruesome experiences. Many of the fans who were standing in queues from Wednesday night as soon as the information of ticket sales was announced, received injuries while some even landed in the ICU beds at hospital. The incident at the Hyderabad Cricket Association’s box office, was a result of enthusiastic fans thronging the Gymkhana ground as they were away from cricketing action in Hyderabad for past three years,. Sadhana Kulluri, from Trimulgherry, who took leave from her office as she learnt that the tickets were on sale said, “I reached here before 8 in the morning, joined the queue, now police personals chased us out.” Sirisha Pallapu, a student, “there is no proper information, we don’t even know what is happening inside the gate of the ticket counter, even after several hours of waiting here we have not even reached the gate.

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