The fans are angry at the shortage of tickets Fans queuing outside the Chinnaswamy stadium in the Indian city of Bangalore to buy tickets for the cricket World Cup have clashed with the police.
Television pictures showed policemen hitting dozens of fans on their legs and backs.
Many of the fans had been waiting since Wednesday night. Reports said they were angered by the shortage of tickets available for purchase at the venue.
Bangalore is to host Saturday’s World Cup showdown between India and England.
According to reports, barely 8,000 tickets are up for sale at the stadium which can accommodate 40,000 people.
The BBC’s Sanjoy Majumder in Delhi says that ticket sales have been a huge problem for the organisers – only a few thousand tickets are available for the general public because the bulk of them have been given away to sponsors and commercial partners.
The match was originally scheduled to be held in Calcutta’s Eden Gardens but was later moved to Bangalore after the International Cricket Council (ICC) said it was with unhappy with the preparations.
The ICC has now written to the Indian organisers of the World Cup complaining about mishandling of ticket sales and distribution.
On Monday, an official website selling tickets for the final crashed after millions of people tried to log on. Many others who had bought tickets online up to six months ago are still to receive them.
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