The love for cricket in India can’t be denied at any cost. Ardent cricket lovers in India can go to any extent to watch their favorite stars live in action on the field. But in a few instances, fans got a very harsh treatment when goes a mile ahead to show their passion and love for the game.
A similar has happened in the Indian city of Hyderabad where the fans were gathered at Gymkhana Ground. They were there to collect the tickets for the second of the three-match T20I series between India and Australia. Both teams will play the match in Hyderabad on the 23rd of September.
A recent video has gone viral over social media, in this video, the police are beating and thrashing the cricket fans in a massive lathi charge. A Twitter user shared the video with a caption, “This is so disappointing. Passionate fans gathered at Gymkhana Ground to collect India Vs Australia tickets in Hyderabad and they're getting such treatment.”
Here's the video:
This is so disappointing. Passionated fans gathered at Gymkhana Ground to collect India Vs Australia tickets in Hyderabad and they're getting such treatment. pic.twitter.com/OIP96BClOH
— Mufaddal Vohra (@mufaddal_vohra) September 22, 2022
Later on, it was clarified by the same user that HCA had stopped the online sale of tickets within 10 minutes only. After seeing the disappointing video, fans came up with multiple reactions and also questioned the management of the Hyderabad Cricket Association.
Here’s how fans reacted:
It could've easily been avoided had HCA served the public better. They literally stopped the online tickets sale in 10 minutes.
— Mufaddal Vohra (@mufaddal_vohra) September 22, 2022
Sack the Stadium and Play match in Bihar
— Saamir (@Saamir_R17) September 22, 2022
Waste management HCA
— Bharath Reddy (@Bharath98741270) September 22, 2022
Welcome to Ganduly-SHAHzade era
— A (@18_kattar) September 22, 2022
Shame on KCR😤😤
— himanshu (@baniyaboi) September 22, 2022
Talking about the series between India and Australia, then the visitors are leading it with a margin of 1-0 after a handsome win in the first match played at Punjab Cricket Association IS Bindra Stadium in Mohali. Batting first, Indians posted a decent and big total of 208 runs for the loss of six wickets in the allotted 20 overs.
Star all-rounder Hardik Pandya alongside senior batter KL Rahul and Suryakumar Yadav played the brilliant knocks of 71 runs, 55 runs, and 46 runs respectively for the Indian team.
While chasing the target, Australia chased down the target in 19.2 overs for the loss of six wickets. Young batter Cameron Green and senior wicketkeeper-batter Matthew Wade played the match-winning knocks of 61 and 45 runs respectively.