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Glimpse of followers on the Sydney Cricket Floor© AFP
A record-breaking 47,566 spectators packed the stands on day one of many fifth India-Australia Take a look at on Friday, marking it the highest-ever opening day attendance for a Take a look at match between the 2 groups on the Sydney Cricket Floor. The Australian public continued to end up in massive numbers for the marquee Border-Gavaskar Trophy sequence. “The records keep on falling. Over 45,000 through the gates of the Sydney Cricket Ground on Day 1,” Cricket Australia tweeted. This new mark comes simply days after the all-time attendance file on the Melbourne Cricket Floor (MCG) was smashed earlier within the sequence.
By lunchtime on day one, 45,465 spectators had been already current on the SCG, surpassing the earlier file of 44,901 set in the course of the 2003/04 sequence.
Cricket Australia additionally famous that this was the biggest crowd turnout on the SCG for a Take a look at in practically 50 years, courting again to 1976.
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