Lucknowites bowled over by the T20 match in the city

It seemed as if all roads led to the Bharat Ratna Atal Bihari Vajpayee Ekana Cricket Stadium on Tuesday as India played against West Indies in the second T20 match in the city. More than 50 thousand people from the city and around, gathered at the stadium to watch the match which was the first international one to be played in Lucknow in over two decades.

(L) Mohd Azharuddin, Vandana and Navneet Sehgal (R) Keshav Prasad Maurya (BCCL/ Aditya Yadav)

Watching the match in all enthusiasm was Ram Naik, governor UP and both state deputy CMs Dr Dinesh Sharma and Keshav Prasad Maurya. The who’s who of the city was also spotted cheering for team India at the stadium including Akhilesh Yadav and his wife Dimple, Subrata and Swapna Roy, Abhijit Sarkar along with wife Priyanka and Sanjay Seth among others.

(L) Priyanka and Abhijit Sarkar (R) OP Singh (BCCL/ Aditya Yadav)

(L) Ram Naik (C) Sanyukta Bhatia (R) Dr Dinesh Sharma (BCCL/ Aditya Yadav)

(L) Swatantra Dev Singh (R) Rajeev Shukla, Akhilesh Yadav and Subrata Roy (BCCL/ Aditya Yadav)

(L) Dimple Yadav and Swapna Roy (R) JK Sharma (BCCL/ Aditya Yadav)

(L) Sanjay Seth (R) Anupama Raag and Anurag Singh Bhodouria (BCCL/ Aditya Yadav)

(L) Ali Hamid Zaidi (R) Farah Rizvi and Aysha Masood (BCCL/ Aditya Yadav)

(L-R) Kanika Sharma, Hemi and Gulnar Puri (BCCL/ Aditya Yadav)

(L) Ashok and Kumkum Roy Choudhury (R) Trisha Neogi (BCCL/ Aditya Yadav)

(L) Meesum Rizvi and Sara (R) Uday Sinha and Garima (BCCL/ Aditya Yadav)

(L) PN Singh and Kumar Shobhan (R) Dr Rohit Khanna and Pravesh (BCCL/ Aditya Yadav)

(L-R) VVS Laxman, Harbhajan Singh and RP Singh (BCCL/ Aditya Yadav)