PHOTO: World Cup opening match did not get the love of the audience! Narendra Modi stadium remained empty
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World Cup 2023 has started. The first match was played between New Zealand and England. However, the opening match of the World Cup did not get the love of the audience. During the match, Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad looked completely empty.
This stadium, which has a capacity of more than 1 lakh 30 thousand, gathered barely ten thousand spectators and even as the day progressed, the figure remained between 15 to 17 thousand. Pictures and videos of the empty stadium are being shared rapidly on social media and fans are creating a ruckus. BCCI and especially Secretary Jay Shah is being trolled on social media.
Spectators did not reach the opening match, on the other hand there was a fight regarding India’s match
It seems that two World Cups are going to be held simultaneously in India. The first in which the Indian team will play and for which there will be a fight for tickets. So much so that even Virat Kohli had to write on Instagram not to ask for any ticket from him. And the second one of other teams in which the grounds will be seen lying vacant. Both the teams, who played the historic final at Lord’s four years ago, would not have imagined that they would have to start their campaign in an almost empty stadium.
Sachin Tendulkar seen with trophy in empty stadium
ICC global ambassador Sachin Tendulkar came to the field with the trophy but even after retirement, this champion batsman will not be able to get used to such an empty field. Even in matches other than India, the spectators have been making the ground echo with the noise of ‘Sachin Sachin’, but today there was nothing like this.
Is the excitement about ODI cricket dead?
Indian cricket fans love their stars but perhaps not the game. The emptiness was even more visible in the footage taken from above the field with a drone camera. The queues outside the stadiums during the matches of the Indian team or even in the IPL were missing.
50 to 60 thousand spectators were expected
An official of Gujarat Cricket Association said that they were expecting 50 to 60 thousand spectators. There are reports that 30 to 40 thousand women of the city were given free tickets but despite this the seats remained vacant. Viraj Shah, who lives in Canada, said, the World Cup has started at the time of my coming home. I had taken the ticket for this match online but did not get it for the India-Pakistan match. It seems that the city is waiting for 14th October when India and Pakistan will face each other on this very ground.
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