Sydney: Australia's plea for a gold rush of hometown support for Thursday's cricket World Cup semi-final is set to be washed away by a tsunami of patriotic Indians, who are out to turn the Sydney Cricket Ground (SCG) into a sea of blue.


Indian cricketers warm up before a training session ahead of their 2015 Cricket World Cup semi-final match against Australia at the Sydney Cricket Ground. Pic/AFP 

The organisers are privately expecting a staggering 70 percent of a sold out crowd at the SCG to be made up of fanatical Indian supporters, reports news.co.au yesterday.