Pakistan sealed a comfortable nine-wicket win over England well before lunch on the fourth day of the the Lord’s Test on Sunday.
That meant the Sunday crowd that had turned up at the ground didn’t have much to do for the rest of the day.
Lord’s are letting everyone stay to watch the IPL final pic.twitter.com/XBPvYjP146
— Elizabeth Ammon (@legsidelizzy) May 27, 2018
The final between Chennai Super Kings and Sunrisers Hyderabad was to kick off in Mumbai a couple of hours after the match at Lord’s ended.
The ground in London was converted into an IPL fan park, so to speak. In India, the BCCI has set up ‘fan parks’ across the country where fans can watch the action live in giant screens at designated venues.
Quite a few cricket fans stayed back to watch the action unfold in Mumbai.
Test match done within 3-and-a-bit days so the IPL final is being shown on the big screen at Lord’s.
— Vithushan Ehantharajah (@Vitu_E) May 27, 2018
Sign of the times? #ENGvPAK #IPL2018Final pic.twitter.com/k7Mw9LreoM
