What are some of the worst things an Indian cricket fan has to encounter when attending a live match?

Question

What are some of the worst things an Indian cricket fan has to encounter when attending a live match?

Answer 1

I also admire the Indian cricket fan's (the biggest numbers supporting cricket in the world) willingness to watch live cricket. As you have mentioned, things go wrong even before that. Buying the ticket is a nightmare. Many fans get beaten up by the police, for daring to buy tickets with their hard earned cash.

Then getting to the ground is a nightmare, no private vehicles allowed near the stadiums. Going by public transport is a herculean task.

Then whatever you have said, happens for real. Then lack of facilities, i.e. clean drinking water, toilets etc. barb wired fences, it seems that one is enduring a labor intensive jail term. Then the nightmare on the way back. Its a true nightmare but still so many dare to come to watch live matches, they are either really brave or are fully used to getting abused, for the love of cricket..

Answer 2

Definitely. An Indian fan deserves better than that. We pay such high prices to watch our favorite players play and in return get that. That's really not worth our money. But we must understand that........



1) India's temperature is always on the higher side. So one must adjust according to the conditions here.

2) When there are so many people thriving to watch the match, one must be in queue and bear the heat as well the torture of standing in the line.

3) Security checks are must fro the security of the players as well as the spectators. We never know who is planning to do what. Terrorists always target crowded places and if they can kill some players, more than good for them.



Its a bit uncomfortable but we enjoy watching matches which are stadium packed. Not the ones like those in West Indies or Ireland. Yeah. We can get all the facilities there though. Personally, I would like to sweat in the queue for the tickets rather than watching empty stands.

Answer 3

1).Indian summer -- It is barely impossible these days to work or go for a Cricket match in the afternoon.



You must be familiar with rest of the points....



2). Gandigee



3). cold-drinks mein milawat.. etc...



Well, You can't blame the organizers for everything. When you know, kaun gandha karta hain har jagah ko??? lol

Answer 4

The worst things an Indian cricket fan has to encounter when attending a live match is to be happy when sachin is out........

Answer 5

Match fixing

Answer 6

So you had a serious experience. Nothing to say by supporting Indians.

Answer 7

Dhoni is too full of himself, we need to make him play on a children's team. Serve him some humble pie, and make him publicly beg to rejoin the team. His records have caused his head to fill with air, and I'm getting mad thinking about it! There's a difference between being good and "knowing" that you're good.

Answer 8

MCG is huge, yet is designed to be cleared in around 15 minutes.A well designed venue, must have several exit and entry points.In event of a fire or other catastrophe, the public must be able to be cleared quickly. Perth oval could certainly do with a makeover.Public transport , and parking is a joke, as most of the carparks are taken by people that work in Perth.

Security at all venues, has slowed the crowd entry. Perhaps they should invest in xray machines like the airports. Nothing like a good dose of gamma rays everytime you go to the cricket .

Answer 9

I don't agree fully with you, I am sorry. My answer may sound contradictory. The points you have mentioned are absolutely correct. But, you are unable to realise the foremost problem isn't the arrangements but the public itself.



Yeah I agree, for the tickets, they should employ a proper management system than making the audience to wait under the blazing sun so they can offer online ticket booking system as well just like we have advance online booking for cinemas these days. And later people can be made to go through security checks on entering which can remarkably save time & energy. But like you have mentioned that once the match is over, everyone moves to the exit door all at once, that is not exactly the problem of infrastructure. It is the public. Similar to the mentality people have in India while driving on roads.. to just speed past asap even if there is a vehicle about to push in the way. "First-I-wanna-go" mentality. You being an Indian yourself felt how shoddily people just barged out during your 1st ever experience, just imagine how tourists coming to India, when happen to attend a live cricket match out here must be feeling like? What impression are we giving to them? And more importantly, impression bit is secondary, but this kind of shoving & pushing is even acceptable? I do understand that everyone wants to go, but then again, there is a way in which everything can be neatly accomplished. I bet, even if there is a proper system for exiting the stadium, Indian public will be no different then too.



As for food and drinks too I agree, it should be served hot and not only that, but it should be a quality food considering it is expected to be consumed by the audience who has come to watch an INTERNATIONAL GAME. Lastly, Mumbai Police or be it any other city/state police, they are unfathomably intolerable and inefficient. It doesn't take a moment for them to just blurt out abuses and even talk rudely. Police and even ticket sellers behave like they are doing a favour to us by selling us the tickets. God damn! we are their customers. Again, they form the part of the public, so much of the problem is created by ourselves. You may not agree with me, but then that's the problem I believe.