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    Vikshita Vitthal Gujaran in News

    19-Nov-2022 12:51 PM


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    World Cup 2022: How football fever is gripping cricket-crazy India

    ARUN CHANDRA BOSE Many fans in Kerala are traveling to Doha for the upcoming World Cup By Ashraf Padanna Trivandrum This week, Hashir Ali and 11 of his friends will make a long trip - from Kozhikode city in the southern state of Kerala to Doha, the capital of Qatar.
    Mr Ali, 55, a football-crazy civil engineer, and his friends are travelling to Doha for the World Cup, where they will stay for 10 days to watch the matches live.
    Several of them have worked for firms who have built stadia for the World Cup.
    Otherwise, I could not even dream of doing so," he says.
    Hashir Ali / Gudam Art Gallery Hashir Ali and Meghna Unnikrishnan with a miniature dhow they are carrying to Doha TV networks in Kerala have also captured expatriate fans of teams from other countries, celebrating on the street, wearing the team's colours and waving their national flag.
    "Football is in our blood and we make every match a celebration.

    Source - BBC
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