⭐ Merited by teosanru (1)
ICC released numbers are 47-50k attendance for today's match. In 95% of cricket stadiums it's considered a packed house and successful marketing but in this case, it isn't because of the sheer size of the stadium, here ICC and BCCI deserve the blame. They should have organized this fixture on smaller ground. I also don't understand why they didn't opt for India vs X team for an opening game.
Hyderabad ground capacity is not much so even a 20k crowd will look alright for non India match.
Hyderabad ground capacity is not much so even a 20k crowd will look alright for non India match.
If the attendance was actually 47k (out of that at least 2/3rd would be from complementary passes), then BCCI should be happy about it. And why should the match be played at a smaller stadium? This match was allotted to the Gujarat Cricket Association (GCA) and it was their decision to host the match in this stadium. I am not sure whether they have any other international stadiums within their borders. Meanwhile GCA claims that yesterday's match was the best attended opening match for any world cup (I am not sure though).
