LUCKNOW, April 2 -- While the city hosted its first IPL match of the season on Tuesday, chaos prevailed on several roads that were chock-a-block with cricket enthusiasts and commuters.

Roads and lanes near the venue, Ekana Stadium, and elsewhere on Shaheed Path, which is also a part of NH-27, witnessed vehicles moving at a snail's pace even hours before the match between Lucknow Super Giants and Punjab Kings kicked off.

As spectators were allowed entry into the stadium three hours before the match took off at 7:30 pm, people flooded Shaheed Path since the afternoon resulting in about two-km-long bottlenecked traffic.

The jam took place from around 500 metre ahead of Husadia Crossing and continued till Ahimamau. This was after Lucknow p...