India, Jan. 4 -- Ahmed al-Ahmed, the Australian resident who took on the shooter during Bondi Beach shooting, received cheers and applause from a packed Sydney Cricket Ground before the start of the final Ashes Test on Sunday.

Before the cricket game between England and Australia on Sunday, the crowd in Sydney stood up for the emergency service personnel and members of the public who responded to the Bondi Beach shooting last month during Jewish Hanukkah celebration, in which 15 people were killed.

While the crowd honoured the emergency service personnel and responders of the mass shooting - worst in Australia's recent history - the biggest cheer was for Ahmed al-Ahmed.

Al-Ahmed walked with other responders with his left arm in a sling...