The Chennai Super Kings (CSK) and Mumbai Indians (MI) will be locking horns with each other for the second time this season on Friday. In the history of the Indian Premier League (IPL), CSK and MI are termed as the biggest rivals. Mumbai is the only team to beat CSK 15 times while no other team has even managed defeated the Chennai based franchise more than seven times.

Both the teams have won the title three times each and the excitement among the fans ahead of the game is absolutely understandable. With Mumbai winning the earlier face-off of IPL 2019, the Chennai fans want their team to avenge for the defeat and they queued up to buy the tickets from Tuesday night itself. The police, however, instructed them to come on Wednesday morning.

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When the ticket sale got underway at the Chepauk on Wednesday, the crowd went out of the control with a plethora of people queuing up. The crowd increased in such a rate that even the barricades couldn’t contain them and the police had to resort to mild lathi-charge. As per the quotes in The Hindu, a seniors police officer said, “There was a stampede-like situation. We had to lathi-charge without inflicting major injuries.”

According to police, the people from Lock Nagar and Mattankuppam came in large and they created a disorder which left the genuine fans from getting any ticket. Even Women were part of this as they tried to sell the tickets at the higher rates to the crowd.

The situation came under the control, however, one can expect a full house when two of the franchise powerhouses clash at the Chepauk for the first time since 2015. Mumbai won that encounter and more importantly, CSK is yet to win against MI since 2010. Only time will tell if they will be able to get past Rohit Sharma‘s troops.