A crowd of more than 100,000 was expected to fill the world's biggest cricket stadium Sunday for the final of the Indian Premier League and the likely farewell of superstar Mahendra Singh Dhoni. Dhoni's Chennai Super Kings will take on holders Gujarat Titans in Ahmedabad, aiming for a record-equalling fifth title in the culmination of the big-bucks Twenty20 tournament. A media official of the state association told AFP that "tickets are sold out for the grand finale and we are expecting a full house". Scores of fans looked upbeat Saturday as they queued to redeem their online tickets at a counter outside the stadium. Suresh Babu, a software engineer, told AFP he had travelled from Chennai, at the other end of the country, "to see Dhoni lift the trophy one more time".

Source: Dhaka Tribune May 29, 2023 03:43 UTC