Unrest in ticket queue

Chaos struck yesterday afternoon at the Mirpur Indoor Stadium, where tickets for the first ODI between Bangladesh and England were being sold. According to police, thousands of fans had gathered and were waiting in long queues since Thursday night.

The situation went a bit awry in the afternoon soon after the match started around 2:30 pm. According to eyewitnesses, the tension among fans was increasing since the match had already begun and many of them were yet to get tickets. There were also complaints about people trying to cut in the queue.

The police eventually intervened and, according to the officer in charge of the Pallabi thana, the officials used water-spray in order to calm the situation.