And it has begun..this madness called cricket

Bangalore is hosting the India-England match which is this Sunday and yesterday I saw people thronging the Chinnaswamy stadium for tickets.

It was a mad rush around that area(and I cross it daily) with people falling on each other outside the stadium. There were some on the other side of road too, sitting on the wall and just staring at the ticket line.

Thankfully the traffic was not disturbed as police kept them in control. I was about to be impressed with improvement of law and order in Bangalore but I saw in paper today that there was mayhem on Wednesday night and whole of Thursday.

There was some blood shed due to laathi charge by police to keep the crowd in control. And this was just to get cricket tickets?

People spent their Wednesday nights in cubbon park, which is opposite to the stadium, so that they can be the first in line for the tickets, when it opened on Thursday.

I am amazed at such passion in people to watch a game and I wonder who these people are?

Students? Professionals(I doubt!)? Or just people who have nothing better to do in life?

Now I am scared what Sunday's plight would be, for common people like us!

It will either be that the whole city is clean and clear of any traffic cos everyone will be inside the stadium (which would be a relief) OR a madness on the road!