Fans queuing outside the Chinnaswamy stadium in the Indian city of Bangalore to buy tickets for the cricket World Cup have clashed with police.
Television pictures showed policemen hitting dozens of fans on their legs and backs.
Many of the fans had been waiting since Wednesday night. Reports said they were angered by the shortage of tickets available for purchase at the venue.
Bangalore is to host Sunday's World Cup showdown between India and England.
According to reports, barely 8,000 tickets are up for sale at the stadium which can accommodate 40,000 people.
The BBC's Alison Mitchell, who is in Bangalore, says that there were chaotic scenes on Thursday - tickets for the match were on sale from early in the morning and people started queuing the night before.
Our correspondent says that the queues snaked around stadium, holding up traffic on a busy road outside.
Police used batons to control them and unconfirmed reports say that some suffered serious injuries in crushes by the ticket booths.
When the available tickets sold out in two-and-a-half hours, thousands of fans were disappointed, although the crowd dispersed quickly. BBC News
