Selling point: Fans buy replica shirts outside Ahmedabad’s Narendra Modi stadium ahead of Thursday’s opening match of the Cricket World Cup. (Photo: AFP)
AHMEDABAD, India – If you can judge a tournament by the number of replica tops sold, the Cricket World Cup in India opening this week already has a winner — home superstar batsman Virat Kohli.
On the crowded streets outside the world’s biggest cricket arena — the 130,000-capacity Narendra Modi Stadium, which will host the opening match between defending champions England and New Zealand on Thursday — hawkers report a brisk trade.
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