India-Oz show sold out

For the Motera villagers living in the vicinity of the Sardar Patel Stadium it was a big day for business. All roads in Ahmedabad led to the cricket ground for the big ticket clash between India and Australia.

For the Motera villagers living in the vicinity of the Sardar Patel Stadium it was a big day for business. All roads in Ahmedabad led to the cricket ground for the big ticket clash between India and Australia.

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The traffic movement was massive and the last 2 km stretch of road leading to the Main gate was choc-a-block. The street was lined with locals capitalising at every opportunity to make a quick buck. Among the exceptional offers was for parking spaces offered by villagers living near the stadium as the owners went about yelling ‘parking, parking’.
Given the limited parking space inside the stadium, the local authorities were not complaining at the new business though.

Marked men
On Thursday, the pace bowlers were seen marking their start point using the white paint being used for painting the sponsors logo. But, too many lines close together can confuse as to which one is whose. The trick is that each bowler also paints a symbol in front of his line. Brett Lee yesterday had a P against his mark.

Hostile reception
As soon as the Australian team made their entry into the Sardar patel Stadium ground, a massive roar went around the stands as the Ahmedabad crowd started chants of ‘Aussie, Aussie… Down, Down’. It is not easy playing against India in India, especially so for the Australian team.