Former India cricketer Akash Chopra has expressed his disappointment concerning the current Hyderabad ticket fiasco the place the passionate followers of the sport needed to undergo a variety of bitter experiences for getting their match tickets for the third and remaining T20I encounter between India and Australia on Sunday, September 25.
Elevating his voice for the followers, Chopra mentioned that it’s certainly a tragic day for Indian cricket and other people answerable for this motion ought to face the implications. On the identical time, the cricketer-turned-cricket pundit additionally requested why are the tickets being offered bodily within the first place when they’re accessible on-line.
Now we have to take care of the followers: Aakash Chopra
“I wish to point out what occurred in Hyderabad may be very disappointing – the chaos for tickets, lathicharge and violence. Now we have to take care of the followers. In the event that they flip away from cricket, what is going to we be speaking about then and have fun? Whoever is answerable for this, needs to be held accountable. Justice should be accomplished. We can not deal with followers like this. Shopping for tickets is their proper. Why are we nonetheless promoting tickets bodily when it’s been accomplished on-line?” Chopra mentioned on his YouTube channel. “No matter occurred, a tragic day for Indian cricket,” he added.
The tickets for the third T20I have been up on the market on the morning of Thursday, September 22 and it so occurred that the followers arrived in massive numbers because of which it created chaos on the Hyderabad Gymkhana Floor. It left the police with no alternative, however to resort to lathi cost with a purpose to deliver the scenario underneath management. The chaos continued on Friday, September 23 as effectively.
In the meantime, the Hyderabad Cricket Affiliation president Mohammad Azharuddin has denied any wrongdoing on the a part of the state cricket affiliation. He sympathised with the followers who have been injured on that fateful morning and guaranteed that the HCA will deal with them.
On the identical time, the previous India skipper additionally assured that this incident won’t have an effect on the match from happening on the scheduled day.
