<div class="img-caption-wrap img-caption-wrap-left "> <img src="https://st3.cricketcountry.com/wp-content/uploads/cricket/c7a40d6965dc5aa4efe0d8bc7ab7988a.jpeg" title="Police lathi-charge cricket fans in Nagpur" alt="Police lathi-charge cricket fans in Nagpur" /><p class="imgcaption"> </p> </div><div id="_mcePaste" style="position: absolute; left: -10000px; top: 0px; width: 1px; height: 1px; overflow: hidden;">By CricketCountry Staff</div><p></p><div id="_mcePaste" style="position: absolute; left: -10000px; top: 0px; width: 1px; height: 1px; overflow: hidden;">Nagpur: Mar 8, 2011 </div><p></p><div id="_mcePaste" style="position: absolute; left: -10000px; top: 0px; width: 1px; height: 1px; overflow: hidden;">Cricket fans were lathi-charged on Tuesday over tickets sale ahead of World Cup match between India and South Africa outside the Vidarbha Cricket Association stadium in Nagpur .</div><p></p><div id="_mcePaste" style="position: absolute; left: -10000px; top: 0px; width: 1px; height: 1px; overflow: hidden;">According to media reports, violence erupted when the crowd tried to break the designated queue and police had to move in to control the crowed. </div><p></p><div id="_mcePaste" style="position: absolute; left: -10000px; top: 0px; width: 1px; height: 1px; overflow: hidden;">The match is scheduled for March 12 and in a similar incident, police in Bangalore clashed with fans on February 24, who swarmed to buy tickets in Bangalore's Chinnaswamy ground.</div><p></p><div id="_mcePaste" style="position: absolute; left: -10000px; top: 0px; width: 1px; height: 1px; overflow: hidden;">Pictures Getty Images</div><p></p><p><strong>By CricketCountry Staff</strong></p><p></p><p><strong><br /></strong></p><p></p><p><strong>Nagpur: Mar 8, 2011 </strong></p><p></p><p> </p><p></p><p>Ticket-hungry fans were baton-charged by police as they queued for Saturday's India-South Africa clash in Nagpur. <br /><br />The clashes happened outside the Vidarbha Cricket Association offices as police struggled to control the crowds, said a witness.</p><p></p><p>Fans started queuing on Monday, a day before the counters opened for the sale of tickets for the first World Cup game involving India in the Orange City since 1987. <br /><br />Engineering student Ajay Zade had given up hope of buying one of the 16,000 tickets for the high-profile match, to be held at the VCA's Jamtha Stadium. "I have been waiting since early morning but I have no hope of getting the tickets," said Zade, 20. <br /><br />"I was close to the counter but had to leave the queue because of the baton-charge in the morning. I was very keen to see the India match but now I have no hopes." <br /><br />Mohammad Safwan, a 20-year-old student, was more fortunate, securing his ticket despite the crush which prompted the police intervention. "It feels like I have won the World Cup," he said. It was the second time at the World Cup that fans have been baton-charged. <br /><br />Similar incidents took place in the run-up to the February 27 clash between India and England in Bangalore when fans queued overnight in the hope of securing one of the 7,000 tickets placed on general sale. <br /><br />Ticket sales and their allocation have caused a major rift between local organisers and the International Cricket Council.<br /><br /><br />Pictures AFP</p>
