Ocean of Blue: All roads lead to Motera ahead of India-Australia final
World Cup final, an ocean of blue seems to be travelling towards Motera. The city of Ahmedabad has become the centre of the cricketing world. It seems as if the entire city is moving in one direction.
The roads of Ahmedabad are full of energy and a bit of madness.
Fans wearing the India jersey, carrying the Indian flag, laughing, joking and anticipating an India win are moving towards the Narendra Modi stadium.
There are families, friends, children, adults, teenagers, middle aged and the senior citizen who have all painted the city blue.
The traffic moved at a very slow pace till Motera but comes to a complete halt near the stadium.
You can's move an inch if you don't have a VIP car park pasted on your vehicle. A hologram is required to be pasted on the accreditation card as well a part of SPG protocol since Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Australian deputy PM Richard Marles will be in attendance.
The level of expectation from Rohit Sharma's team has long crossed the critical limit of craziness.
The city is ready to explode as 132,000 capacity stadium won't even have an inch of space left.
The streets that lead to Narendra Modi Stadium's main entry gate are lined with sellers of counterfeit India jerseys.
Little Hetwik, all of eight is a big Hardik Pandya fan as he is Gujarat Titans skipper. He wants a jersey with Pandya written on back but gets disappiontment.
«Only Virat, Rohit, Maxwell and Warner available,» the seller Qayamuddin said and started tending other customers.
«Beta, wear Virat, you look smart in this,» the young father tried to persuade the kid whose eyes had already welled up.
This final has been God-send for Sheetal Ben, who has an ailing husband at home and the counterfeit industry has been
