Being played on weekend and on a festival day, the decider game lured a capacity crowd of over 30,000 to fill the stands in the first hour of the game despite travails of frisking and stringent security measures.
When word went out that India would bat first though Dhoni lost toss, there was a scramble at all the 20 gates to enter the stadium from the serpentine queues that were a mile long.
“As we were eager to watch our openers (Sharma and Dhawan) bat from start, we came to the venue very early and were in hurry to get into the stadium before the first ball was bowled because the duo have been in great form during this series,” Ganpati Subramanian, an avid fan of the Indian team, told IANS here in the eastern stands.
