Cricket line-up turns violent

By Corinne Perkins
March 5, 2011
cricket | India | photography | tickets | user-generated content | violence | World Cup

Police officers beat angry cricket fans who were unhappy with the shortage of tickets and tried breaking police barricades set up to control fans who wanted to buy tickets for the India and England Group B cricket World Cup match at the M. Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bangalore February 24, 2011. Your View/Abhishek N.Chinnappa

The cricket World Cup being played in the sub-continent has provided some dramatic matches but also its share of incidents. Your View contributor Abhishek N.Chinnappa was on the scene to capture this dramatic moment when fans lining up to buy tickets for a match were hit by police.

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Mar 27, 2011
9:06 pm UTC

It’s just a start for ‘Mother of all games in that region’.

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