Empty seats in dubai stadium draw criticism..!?

The empty stadium in which the indian team played in the 2025 Champions Trophy has faced criticism. Although the 2025 Champions Trophy is being held in pakistan, only the matches played by the indian team are being held in Dubai. While the stadium was empty in the first match in pakistan, the India-Bangladesh match in dubai was also empty. The first match of this series was held at the Karachi Stadium in Pakistan. At that time, fans did not come in large numbers even when the pakistan and new zealand teams clashed. There was criticism that it was not right to hold cricket in Pakistan.
Fans did not come in person for the match currently being held in Dubai. The match between india and bangladesh was initially said to be completely sold out. The dubai international Stadium has a capacity of 25,000. Although all the tickets were said to be sold out, not even half of the fans turned up in person. On one hand, many fans have been criticizing on social media that people do not want to watch one-day matches. But doubts have also arisen as to whether all the tickets were bought by people selling black tickets. Is it because people are not ready to pay high prices for black tickets sold online? There is also an angle to this. In any case, the fact that this series is being held without people coming has raised various questions. Do people really not want to watch one-day matches? Or are there only fans of cricket in a few countries like india, Australia, South Africa, and England? There has also been a debate.

There is already an opinion among some former players that one-day matches should not be held anymore. Currently, some teams are playing ODIs only in international tournaments like the world cup and the Champions Trophy. The indian team played only three ODIs last year. In that sense, the importance of ODIs is decreasing. The fact that fans are not coming to the stadium even in big ODI series like the Champions Trophy has caused concern among cricket fans. The future of ODIs is in question.
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Sowmiya Sriram

21/02/2025 01:38 PM