The World Cup is now underway with the opening fixture taking place in the Narendra Modi Stadium, Ahmedabad with the finalists from the previous edition going against each other in the opening fixture.
Many would have expected a high attendance for the game, considering that the stadium has a capacity of 132,000. But in a shocking turn of events, there are many sections of the stadium that are visibly empty shocking many among the fans of the sport.
Many gave their reactions to the visibly lower turnout from the crowd for cricket’s most prestigious tournament.
Hopefully after office hours, there should be more people coming in. But for games not featuring Bharat, there should be free tickets for school and college children. With the fading interest in 50 over game, it will definitely help that youngsters get to experience a World Cup…— Virender Sehwag (@virendersehwag) October 5, 2023
Former Indian cricketer and World Cup winner, Virender Sehwag has made some suggestions on how there can be better crowds for the big tournament.
Jay Shah and BCCI team have messed it up big timeLook at the crowd and vibe for the opening day game (second of the day) of the World Cup 2015 where the home team Australia played in the biggest stadium in the world back thenNow Narendra Modi Stadium had a great chance to… pic.twitter.com/pRegXSz52u— Umpire (@XTweetsCricket) October 5, 2023
Crowd for World Cup opener at Narendra Modi stadium vs Crowd for JCB ki khudai pic.twitter.com/Uxp5kcdesy— Pricviz (@Pric_viz_) October 5, 2023
This particular fan compares the crowd for a JCB digging the ground to the turnout at the World Cup opening fixture.
It has been more than a decade watching cricket, honestly never seen a World Cup more dull than this one,No opening ceremony, lesser crowd, World richest board is strongest board only when it’s about politics against their arch rivals #ENGvsNZ #ICCCricketWorldCup #Ahmedabad pic.twitter.com/iU22ovZ7fH— ying U (@statpad_R) October 5, 2023
Another fan was shocked at the lack of enthusiasm shown for the marquee event with no opening ceremony to hype the crowd.
Huge crowd for the opening game of Worldcup 2023 hosted by a country of 1.5 Billion people. Lmao#ICCCricketWorldCup #NZvENG pic.twitter.com/zOfA1lAoF9— K H A D I J A (@krazy_khadija) October 5, 2023
Another fan had a sarcastic take on the whole situation on the lack of fans in the Narendra Modi Stadium.
#BCCI Has time, money, interest to set opening Ceremony for the #IPLBut they don’t have time, money & interest to make Opening Ceremony for #ICCWorldCup2023 #ICCCricketWorldCup #CWC23 #CWC #CWC2023 #ENGvsNZ #WorldCup #WorldCup2023 #Crowd
— ಚೇತನ್ ಎಂ. ಪತ್ತಾರ್ (@PattarChetu) October 5, 2023
This fan believes that the BCCI prioritises the Indian Premier League (IPL) over the ODI Cricket World Cup.
DJ playing music to the Ahmedabad crowd.#ENGvNZ #WorldCuppic.twitter.com/DqtNbOmiPD— CricBlog ✍ (@cric_blog) October 5, 2023
Another person on X shared a hilarious take on the empty crowds at the stadium for the World Cup opener.
The fans of the sport shared disappointment with the lack of crowds in the prestigious event with many also unable to get tickets into the event due to the massive demand.
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