India flags displayed before the game against Pakistan. Pic/Anand Vasu

In the battle of the Crescent and Moon versus the Tri-colour there was only one winner in Edgbaston as India's fans comfortably outnumbered their opposite numbers. Well before the match began, fans thronged the stadium braving the heightened security on the back of the London attacks.

Security was so tight that Amitabh Chaudhary, the BCCI secretary was stopped from entering the ground as his accreditation ID had not been fed into the back-end system. Sourav Ganguly was at hand to help Chaudhary in, amidst chuckles from the security guards at the gate.