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ICC Cricket World Cup 2023: Matches Discussion & News | 50 Over ODI Format | Hosted under India's Mismanagement


Indians are fully capitalizing on Pakistan Cricket Team viewers interest to earn as much money as possible. Indian Media, BCCI, ICC and Broadcasters are fully enjoying giving full coverage to Pakistan Team to get the maximum viewership revenue in the World Cup in India.

Pakistan Cricket Team has become a money earning , ads and sponsorship magnet in India as Cricket starved Pakistani team wants to see both the good and bad sides of Pakistan in India, and so leakage of stories and news are coming so much.
 
@StarSports Great Promo For Pakistan:


Good gesture by Pakistan team. They could have said no this it, but they accepted. Let us not blow this out of proportion. Hamne izzat di, unhone kubul kari..Well done Pakistan cricket team. This being sport, we welcome you for this event. Humare desh ab b dushman hain, hum ab kisi b tarike se financially aapke saath business ya deal nahi karenge kyunki apki country usko hamare against use karte hain:

 
What is the security given to Pakistani Team players, staff officials and support:



 
Looks like a rained out ICC Cricket World cup in India, most warm-up matches has been washed out sadly. :(
 
Sorry to disappoint some here who were waiting to see saffron clad lynch mobs rampaging.
When this team returns from India listen to what they say, because they will have had first hand experience of India and not carefully collected titbits from iffy sources.

Also ask if your friends, deeper than the ocean and higher than the highest mountain, actually emotionally welcome you to China as these crowds obviously have

They are indians muslims, not the enemy Hindu population
 
Total Humiliation for England against New Zealand in the First Match of ICC World Cup. Revenge taken by New Zealand.

England's Run rate is now -2.149 at 10th Position on the Standings.

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I never knew the WC started. Just opened by news feed, and everywhere it filled with news about empty stadium.





If this is cricket, imagine hosting Olympics or Football WC in India. There will probably be more cows and street dogs watching the sports.
 
I never knew the WC started. Just opened by news feed, and everywhere it filled with news about empty stadium.





If this is cricket, imagine hosting Olympics or Football WC in India. There will probably be more cows and street dogs watching the sports.
At the end of the match there were more than 50k people(stadium capacity is 132k, biggest in the world). It was just very hot in the noon, so not many spectators were. On top it, it was a Thursday match.
 
At the end of the match there were more than 50k people(stadium capacity is 132k, biggest in the world). It was just very hot in the noon, so not many spectators were. On top it, it was a Thursday match.

That again points to poor planning, right? They should have kept the WC during winters. We have seen hundreds of global sporting events, everywhere it is held of working days. You can't have large global events only on weekends. Ahmadabad has 8 million population. Even 1% of them was enough. It was the opening match after all, not like they hosted 10 matches already and population is fatigued.
And let's not even talk about capacity - tickets were distributed for free.

 
Cricket World Cup embarrassment as England v New Zealand played in empty 134,000-seat stadium

The BCCI has given every impression of regarding fans with contempt

BCCI & ICC embarrassed, ENG vs NZ World Cup opener in Empty Narendra Modi Stadium

How late is too late? How bad the ticketing system should be to drive fans away? The world’s richest cricket board BCCI and the all-powerful ICC would be scratching their heads after Narendra Modi Stadium sported a deserted look for the ENG vs NZ grand ICC ODI World Cup opener. Hardly 5,000 people turned up for the clash at 2 PM at a stadium that can host 1,30,000 people.

Even wooing fans with free mineral water or free tickets for students, women did not help ease the situation.

But one should really ask ICC who is to be blamed here? Tickets were released just a month before the World Cup started. The schedule was changed as BCCI failed to foresee the clashing of festival dates. That left a bitter taste in fans’ mouths as many could not make arrangements on such short notice. To make things worse, a poor ticketing system also cost the two powerful boards. As a result, there were hardly fans at the stands for ENG vs NZ WC opener.

Reasons for poor World Cup crowd​

  1. Scheduling mismanagement
  2. Ticketing mismanagement
  3. Heat
  4. ODI: a failing format
Poor ticketing leaves BCCI & ICC embarrassed, England vs New Zealand (ENG vs NZ) World Cup opener in Empty Narendra Modi Stadium

Scheduling

The 2015 and 2019 World Cup had the schedule released at least six months before the tournament. But BCCI failed in its first endeavour of hosting the tournament all alone. The schedule was released only 100 days before the World Cup. But it was changed after a month. Those who started reserving tickets and hotels had to abandon the idea due to uncertainty.

Ticket mismanagement​

Without ticket, there is no confirmed travel plan and that is where the BCCI failed miserably. Only 45 days before the tournament start, tickets were released. And it was done poorly. Without any digital ticketing system and change in schedule, things turned out to be worse.
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Fans would need to book tickets on BookMyShow and they will need to wait for the tickets to be delivered at their home. If they can’t, they have to redeem the online tickets from the stadium box office. All these in 2023 when movie tickets are also based on QR codes.
And then, BookMyShow once again failed to deliver. If IPL wasn’t bad enough, BMS, ICC’s ticketing partner offered a horrible experience. With technical glitches, and failing servers, some fans were stunned with the 6-year waiting period in the online queue. And the re-release of tickets did not solve the matter either.

However, a quick look at the BookMyShow website shows a lot of tickets still available for ENG vs NZ WC opener and other non-India games.

Disappointing to see World Cup opening in front of just a few hundred spectators in Ahmedabad. Very disappointing https://t.co/T4nA6EdVzK pic.twitter.com/lr0Sof8Rsw
— F (@falahtah) October 5, 2023

Heat

With afternoon games with a 2 PM start, fans were not amused. In Ahmedabad, the temperature is soaring at 35 degrees Celsius and above, making it difficult for fans on a weekday. However, more fans are expected to turn up as the sun goes down.

ODI: A failing format?

In Asia Cup opener in Multan between Pakistan and Nepal, the stadium sported a deserted look. Things were not great in Colombo or Kandy either as most stadiums were empty for most of the clashes including India vs Pakistan match.

While ICC and the BCCI are banking on India vs Pakistan match to revive the dying format, it’s fair to assume that ODIs do not hold importance among fans anymore. Rather, it’s T20 format that has taken over. But ENG vs NZ suffers with people not interested.

 
Byju's don't have money to pay their employees and skips depositing PF, but keeps sponsoring such expensive events. Sometime I hate corporate culture.

Companies are answerable to the share holders and not to the Employees.

Sorry to disappoint some here who were waiting to see saffron clad lynch mobs rampaging.
When this team returns from India listen to what they say, because they will have had first hand experience of India and not carefully collected titbits from iffy sources.

Also ask if your friends, deeper than the ocean and higher than the highest mountain, actually emotionally welcome you to China as these crowds obviously have


Hyderabad belongs to Pakistan and the people there support the Pakistani team.
 

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