The turnstile at the Ferozeshah Kotla turned out to be a pain in the neck for commentators, crowd and journalists.

The commentators, crowd and journalists went through a harrowing experience ahead of the fifth and final India-Sri Lanka one-dayer on Sunday.

Journalists, who came to the ground on Saturday for the pre-match press conference by Mahendra Singh Dhoni and Kumar Sangakkara, were stopped at the gate and were made to wait for 10-20 minutes, apparently because the turnstile had not noted their exit time.

The stranded journalists had to call Delhi and District Cricket Association officials to get them in and toss -- which took place 15 minutes behind the schedule doe to fog -- was over by then.

Gavaskar frisked at Eden Gardens

Cricketer-turned-commentator Sunil Gavaskar was not spared either.

The batting great, who entered the ground along with Sri Lankan player-turned-commentator Russell Arnold, was in a rude shock as one of the ticket validation staff failed to recognise him and did not look satisfied even though his accreditation card was dangling prominently from Gavaskar's neck.

A Delhi Police official eventually rushed in to bail Gavaskar out and the former player was hardly amused as he went through the formalities before heading towards the commentary box.

Mismanagement was not confined to the gate alone and play -- which had already begun 15 minutes late due to fog -- was held up because of sightscreen problems.

Batsmen in action, Tillakaratne Dilshan and Sanath Jayasuriya spent the time chatting with Gautam Gambhir as the organisers took seven minutes to fix the issue.