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Thursday, March 24, 2011

Lorgat happy with Mumbai as final venue

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Updated at: 1816 PST,  Wednesday, March 23, 2011
AHMEDABAD: ICC chief executive Haroon Lorgat has defended Mumbai's Wankhede Stadium as the venue for the World Cup final, saying it could provide the perfect setting for a Sachin Tendulkar "fairytale".The climax to world cricket's showpiece takes place on April 2 at the 33,000 capacity Wankhede rather than at Eden Gardens in Kolkata, which can seat 63,000.India great Tendulkar has 99 international hundreds heading into the co-hosts' quarter-final with Aus on Thursday.But Lorgat appears to want him to delay the landmark 100thcentury."Can you imagine a fairytale ending with Sachin Tendulkar getting a hundred in the final and India wins at Wankhede which is his home ground?," said Lorgat on Wednesday."And the fact of the matter is, no matter what the number, we haven't got sufficient tickets."Mumbai is the home town of ICC president Sharad Pawar and the way tickets for the final have been distributed has proved controversial, with some 20,000 going to clubs linked to the Mumbai Cricket Association and 8,500 to the ICC.This World Cup has seen repeated instances of Indian police baton-charging fans in a bid to control frantic crowds queuing for scarce tickets.

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