Tickets for India-Australia match sold out

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AHMEDABAD, India, Mar 22 (AFP): Tickets for the World Cup quarter-final tie between India and Australia were sold out within an hour of going on sale, local media reported Tuesday. The Sardar Patel Stadium will host the day-night clash on Thursday after India beat West Indies to book a last-eight game against the defending champions. "All the tickets have been sold out," Gujarat Cricket Association secretary Rajesh Patel was quoted as saying by the Press Trust of India news agency. Almost 23,000 tickets were sold online and another 20,000 were sold over the counter. A report in the Times of India said hundreds of fans had to return disappointed as the tickets put on sale were sold out in less than an hour. Police had to resort to "mild lathi-charge (baton-charge)" to control angry crowds which "started breaking metal railings" once they found tickets were no longer available at the counters.