Mumbai :Men in blue will play Sri Lankans for the title, a first time clash between two sub-continent teams.
Inida stormed into their third final of the ICC Cricket World Cup yesterday, beating Pakistan by 29 runs in a thrilling semi-final clash at Mohali. India conquered their arch rivals in front of a vociferous crowd of more than 30,000 that cheered all the way at every run and wicket. India will take on Sri Lanka in Saturday's final at the Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai. It is the first time a World Cup final is being played by two teams from the subcontinent.
The Sri Lankan team, led by skipper Kumar Sangakkara, has arrived in Mumbai yesterday afternoon to play in the finals on April 2. Having defeated New Zealand by five wickets on Tuesday at Colombo in the first semi final, Sri Lanka is all set to play their second successive final of the World Cup.
India's President Pratibha Patil and her Sri Lankan counterpart Mahindra Rajapaksha will together watch Saturday's cricket World Cup final between the two countries here. A tight security has been put in place ahead of Saturday’s world cup final between India and Sri Lanka at the Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai. Apart from Mumbai police, teams of National Security Guards, Maharashtr's elite Force one, Rapid Action Force, State Reserve Police Force and Quick Response Team are maintaining strict vigil at the stadium, the venue of the grand finale of cricket's biggest extravaganza. Airspace over and around stadium has been declared 'No Flying Zone'.
Australian Simon Taufel, winner of five consecutive ICC Umpire of the Year awards, and Pakistan's Aleem Dar were on Thursday appointed as the on-field officials for the World Cup finals between India and Sri Lanka on Saturday. New Zealand's Jeff Crowe has been named the match referee with England's Ian Gould and Steve Davis of England being the third and fourth umpires respectively.
The surprise package would be princess Rihanna and rapper, record producer and actor Eminem who would open the final with the English version of De Ghuma Ke, the world cup anthem. Efforts to bring them down appear to have paid off, it is sure to add more glitter to the world cup excitement and cheer the thousands of fans.
Wankhade Stadium can seat only 32,000 people and only 4,000 tickets were available to the general public. Fans have been lining up at 5 a.m for the last three days to buy the tickets unaware that the tickets were being sold online. The Stadium has sold out 40 corporate boxes out of which Mukesh Ambani has the most. Reliance Industries Ltd has bought three boxes for over 11 crores. Other corporate boxes have been sold to Vijay Mallya's Kingfisher, Tata Consultancy Services and Bajaj. The split from Vodafone hasn't stopped Essar from picking ip a box too. 3.75 crores for each box which has 15 seats and rents to owners for 10 year Cubs affiliated to the Mumbai Cricket Association have got 14,000 tickets. The International Cricket Council got 8,500 tickets, the board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) has a robust quota of 2000, the Maharashtra government helped itself to 250 passes, and clubs affiliated to the Mumbai Cricket Association have got 14,ooo tickets.
Inida stormed into their third final of the ICC Cricket World Cup yesterday, beating Pakistan by 29 runs in a thrilling semi-final clash at Mohali. India conquered their arch rivals in front of a vociferous crowd of more than 30,000 that cheered all the way at every run and wicket. India will take on Sri Lanka in Saturday's final at the Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai. It is the first time a World Cup final is being played by two teams from the subcontinent.
The Sri Lankan team, led by skipper Kumar Sangakkara, has arrived in Mumbai yesterday afternoon to play in the finals on April 2. Having defeated New Zealand by five wickets on Tuesday at Colombo in the first semi final, Sri Lanka is all set to play their second successive final of the World Cup.
India's President Pratibha Patil and her Sri Lankan counterpart Mahindra Rajapaksha will together watch Saturday's cricket World Cup final between the two countries here. A tight security has been put in place ahead of Saturday’s world cup final between India and Sri Lanka at the Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai. Apart from Mumbai police, teams of National Security Guards, Maharashtr's elite Force one, Rapid Action Force, State Reserve Police Force and Quick Response Team are maintaining strict vigil at the stadium, the venue of the grand finale of cricket's biggest extravaganza. Airspace over and around stadium has been declared 'No Flying Zone'.
Australian Simon Taufel, winner of five consecutive ICC Umpire of the Year awards, and Pakistan's Aleem Dar were on Thursday appointed as the on-field officials for the World Cup finals between India and Sri Lanka on Saturday. New Zealand's Jeff Crowe has been named the match referee with England's Ian Gould and Steve Davis of England being the third and fourth umpires respectively.
The surprise package would be princess Rihanna and rapper, record producer and actor Eminem who would open the final with the English version of De Ghuma Ke, the world cup anthem. Efforts to bring them down appear to have paid off, it is sure to add more glitter to the world cup excitement and cheer the thousands of fans.
Wankhade Stadium can seat only 32,000 people and only 4,000 tickets were available to the general public. Fans have been lining up at 5 a.m for the last three days to buy the tickets unaware that the tickets were being sold online. The Stadium has sold out 40 corporate boxes out of which Mukesh Ambani has the most. Reliance Industries Ltd has bought three boxes for over 11 crores. Other corporate boxes have been sold to Vijay Mallya's Kingfisher, Tata Consultancy Services and Bajaj. The split from Vodafone hasn't stopped Essar from picking ip a box too. 3.75 crores for each box which has 15 seats and rents to owners for 10 year Cubs affiliated to the Mumbai Cricket Association have got 14,000 tickets. The International Cricket Council got 8,500 tickets, the board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) has a robust quota of 2000, the Maharashtra government helped itself to 250 passes, and clubs affiliated to the Mumbai Cricket Association have got 14,ooo tickets.
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