However, this city in Punjab decided to close down court in order to watch the game.
That's right! Court's closed because of India versus England T20 Semi-Final Match.
The District Bar Association (DBA) of Patiala suspended all work post-lunch to facilitate catching the live telecast of the match on television.
The DBA of Patiala announced that all work at the district courts in Patiala shall remain suspended after lunch in view of the T20 World Cup match.
According to a report on NDTV, the work has been suspended in the Patiala court.
After winning the toss, England chose to field first.
India got off to a slow start after they were invited to bat first by England skipper Jos Butler in the T20 World Cup semifinal in Adelaide on Thursday. KL Rahul, who had smashed consecutive half-centuries prior to the match, failed to make an impact following which the pair of Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma added 47 runs for the second wicket.
A notification issued by DBS, Patiala, said that an emergency meeting of the executive was convened today, under DBA president Advocate Jatinder Pal Singh Ghumaan, in view of the India-England semi-final.
It was decided at the meeting that "DBA, Patiala, will observe no work after lunch at the district courts in Patiala".
The DBA notification further said that all "judicial officers, Revenue Courts, Presiding Officers of Tribunals and Commissioner Court are requested to adjourn the matters listed for today to some other dates".
Notably, in a bid to score better Hardik Pandya and Rishabh Pant showed immense camaraderie when Pandya signalled Pant to be sacrificed from the striker end ona run-out so that Pandya could keep scoring for the India Men's Cricke team.
