A crowd of cricket fans thronged the Chennai-based MA Chidambaram Stadium to get tickets for the second Test match between India and England. Meanwhile, the rules of social distance have been fiercely torn.



A crowd of cricket fans thronged the Chennai-based MA Chidambaram Stadium to get tickets for the second Test match between India and England. Meanwhile, the rules of social distance have been fiercely torn. Although all tickets were sold online, fans had to come to the stadium to collect tickets. 


The Tamil Nadu Cricket Association (TNCA) has allowed an audience of 50 percent of the stadium's capacity for the second Test match. This will lead to the return of spectators to a sports competition in the country after about a year. 

There was a buzz on social media throughout the day on Thursday that there were long queues outside the stadium and social distance rules were not being followed, but a TNCA officials said that initially there was confusion, But things were resolved soon.

The official told PTI, 'TNCA had announced that tickets booked online for the second Test matches can be taken from February 11. However, it seems that they got it wrong and came to the stadium, due to which the crowd got crowded and confusion was created. 

The official also said that tickets will be released smoothly from Friday. Apart from violating the rules of social distance, there were reports that a person had become unconscious due to long queues.

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