India- Where are the crowds?

Hardly anyone at the cricket OR the Commonwealth Games. Where is everyone? Is it ticket prices? Or over-zealous security?

I was thinking the same thing myself today.


WTF is the so called 200 million person middle class?

test cricket at mohali. hardly a surprise

cwg - dont care

Well as an Indian you should care TO. These games are a chance for India to show itself on the world stage as an emerging superpower capable of becoming one of the world's top three most powerful economies.

And the BCCI scheduled the test at Mohali knowing full well there would be hardly any people there to watch it. All the more reason to hate them.

india will still become one of the top 3 economies in a decade or so

but indians dont really love sports that much yet. thats the sad truth. it would be a disaster if a country like india which wins a token bronze or silver at best gets to host something like the olympics

Yeah, for a nation of 1.1 billion, India's record at the olympics is atrocious.

There still should have been attendance, given the hype the CWG had.

Neither the Test series nor the CG are done and dusted in a few short hours.

Neither the Test series nor the CG are loaded to the brim with people being paid loads of money to prostitute their talent and ability.

Neither the Test series nor the CG offer free Ritalin to the ADHD-types upon entry.

Henry wrote:Yeah, for a nation of 1.1 billion, India's record at the olympics is atrocious.

I don't think the Indians esp of the Northern or Western variety are seriously capable of organizing any sporting event. Nor do they understand the utility of sports in character building as it is very few over there have any character left. Sorry to generalize but it is a sad fact that somehow validates itself frequently. They are spoiling the party for everyone i'm afraid.

If anyone has noticed almost all successful organization of sporting events and most sporting stars in India have come from Southern or in rare instances from the Eastern region. As these are the only places with an inkling of sporting passion.

Rubbish generalisation Bucky. Probably true from an organisational perspective where the South and West are ahead. But check the medal tally and you will see how many winners are from the North.

Josh, it's not worth trying reason with Bucks. He'd argue about the colour of orange juice.

I read somewhere in the Guardian comments that there were apparently 16000 people in the ground. Not great but more than i thought.

Henry Nolonga wrote:I read somewhere in the Guardian comments that there were apparently 16000 people in the ground. Not great but more than i thought.

they must have all been sitting behind the camera

The crowds weren't that disgraceful on Sat and Sun and the last day. But still pretty much disappointing compared to what we normally had. Problem of giving a small town too much cricket.

G.Wood wrote:

Henry Nolonga wrote:I read somewhere in the Guardian comments that there were apparently 16000 people in the ground. Not great but more than i thought.

they must have all been sitting behind the camera

16000 blokes called Joe.

buckSH wrote:I don't think the Indians are seriously capable of organizing any sporting event.

Says it all really

buckSH wrote:I don't think

Says much more.

big crowd today. only a couple of australian grounds could get similar numbers

time for the bcci to seriously consider hosting tests only in the big cities

The One wrote:big crowd today. only a couple of australian grounds could get similar numbers

time for the bcci to seriously consider hosting tests only in the big cities

How many?

Delhi, Bangalore, Mumbai, Kolkatta, Chennai, Rajasthan and Goa.

Oh you meant crowd attendances?

Oh I see...no I don't know that...

taipan wrote:

The One wrote:big crowd today. only a couple of australian grounds could get similar numbers

time for the bcci to seriously consider hosting tests only in the big cities

How many?

Capacity of Chinnaswamy Stadium - according to cricinfo - is around 40 000

Crowds at the CWG have gone up too. They had 30,000 at the India-Pak hockey do or die game.

Smart sense from Dhoni.