The best quotes of the 2011 World Cup

"It is not a new thing...it's difficult for the people who have lived in Europe and in America to understand" -- Bangalore's police commissioner Shankar Bidari defending the baton attacks on cricket fans angry that they could not buy tickets for England against India.

"We need to find better ways to distribute tickets but the reality is that if tomorrow's match was at a 100,000 seater (stadium) we'd still not have enough tickets to go and satisfy the public demands" -- ICC chief executive Haroon Lorgat after fans clashed with police outside the M Chinnaswamy Stadium.

Image: An Indian policeman baton charges one of the cricket fans queuing to buy tickets for Saturday's World Cup match between India and South Africa outside the Vidarbha Cricket Association stadium in Nagpur, India, Tuesday, March 8, 2011.

Text: Reuters

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