All for a glimpse of the show

Sadia Begum, a nine-year-old girl from Badambagicha, an area near the Sylhet International Stadium, was carrying her three-year-old younger brother Sami up a hillock adjacent to the venue.

As she climbed the slippery slope, all she managed to see was the giant screen near the grass banks and a partial view of the gallery where thousands were cheering.

50-year-old Hadi Miah was similarly trying to have a look at the field from the hilltop.

"I am not very fond of cricket, but I am here only to have a look at the stadium and to see Sylhet playing," he said.

While roaming the areas near the stadium during the Sylhet Sixers-Comilla Victorians match on the second day of the fifth edition of the Bangladesh Premier League (BPL) yesterday, hundreds could be seen gathering at the stadium only to have a glimpse of their favourite players.

Many youths were also trying to pass through the fence and some even managed to enter the stadium by striking up an agreement with security personnel.

Schoolgoer Munna Ahmed tried to buy a ticket from the counters, but failed. He came to the stadium yesterday only to get a feel of the festivities.

As many had failed to get tickets, some facebook-based groups were selling tickets at three or four times the counter price.

Meanwhile, two BCB-appointed volunteers were detained at Airport Police Station after trying to sell sponsor tickets at a hiked-up price, additional deputy commissioner of Sylhet Metropolitan Police, Abdul Wahab, informed.

Ticketing for the BPL matches in Sylhet has been beset by mismanagement, the most visible instance of which was the scuffle that left three fans injured when the sale of tickets was delayed by more than half an hour on November 2.