World Cup 2015: India Fans Set to Conquer Sydney, Michael Clarke Calls for Help Organisers believe that 70 per cent of tickets at the sold-out 42,000-capacity Sydney Cricket Ground have been bought by India fans, threatening to create an environment reminiscent of the frenzied atmosphere of Eden Gardens in Kolkata. Sydney: India fans are likely to outnumber their Australian counterparts when the two teams clash in the World Cup semi-final in Sydney on Thursday -- much to the annoyance of the home captain. Australia skipper Michael Clarke and team-mate David Warner sent out identical tweets, saying: "I call on all Australian cricket lovers to paint the SCG gold on Thursday. We need your support. #goldout" The hashtag, referring to the Australian team colours, has ironically caught the fancy of more Indian twitter users than Australian. Organisers believe that 70 per cent of tickets at the sold-out 42,000-capacity Sydney Cricket Ground have been bought by by India fans, threatening to create an environment reminiscent of the frenzied atmosphere of Eden Gardens in Kolkata. If the pitch suits spinners, as has been the case at the SCG in the past, co-hosts Australia may well feel as though they have been kicked out of their own party. Kartik Ayyalasomayajula, one of the founders of the Swami Army -- India's version of England's Barmy Army supporters group -- predicted that the Australian team would be in for a hard time from fans on Thursday. "It will be very loud, very intimidating," Kartik told the Sydney-based Daily Telegraph newspaper. "It will feel like an away game for them. "The drummers will be going around the ground and people will be dancing, singing and cheering every run India score, every wicket they take. "People will be going nuts." Kartik, a Melbourne-based IT professional, said the tweets by Clarke and Warner pleading for Australian support at the match indicated how much the home team were worried. "I think those tweets definitely say they're going to be outnumbered," he said. "I would have thought that would be a standard expectation for the Aussie fans without their heroes going on Twitter to plead with them. "They're really scraping the barrel there. I think it's a message in itself. "India versus Australia in a World Cup semi-final, it doesn't get much bigger than that." Kartik said those Australians who turned up at the SCG on Thursday would get an idea of what cricket means in South Asia. "This country won't have seen this level of support or atmosphere for cricket games," he said. "You have to go to the sub-continent to get that kind of feel, so we are effectively bringing that atmosphere to Sydney. It's going to be a spectacle." Kartik said fans were still looking for tickets that were unavailable for love or money as they looked to cheer on the defending champions. "It's pretty much name your price kind of thing," he said."It's the hottest ticket in town at the moment." India, who won the 2011 World Cup in South Asia, defeated Ricky Ponting's Australia in the quarter-finals in Ahmedabad. World Cup 2015: India Fans Set to Conquer Sydney, Michael Clarke Calls for Help - World Cup 2015 News trolling level: indian
I hope the match is a good one. The weather is not good for indians right now with incessant rains and no sunshine making the pitch less spinner friendly... Its a very very tough match for India. Im hoping indian and aussie fans show sportsmanship and so do the players.
The numbers won't do much good once the play starts. Its the teams in the middle which count. Ignore that bangladeshi, they still don't know how to play cricket after 40 years.
I always wanted Asian to reach final as Asian madness is not comparable to any one when it comes to cricket... Even today my offc ppl including gals in the canteen were watching n cheering in the match of SA-NZ.... I want first india to make it true to "We wont give it back" if not then give tuff fight in field .... All the best to Indian team... N thanks for your support... Every support counts in such crucial match.... Btw many Pakistanis will be going thru that match too.....
