Delhi " Paan Bahar " Stadium : A hideous shame in the national capital

[rangeelaraja]

If the pathetic concrete slum look of the stadium was not bad enough....DDCA / BCCI apparently cannot find a better sponsor than Paan Bahar.

 

What a " wonderful " advertisement it is to adolescents who come to watch the game.

 

Apart from encashing  India's economic boom and cricket popularity in India -- BCCI has proved itself to be a 3rd rate board. 

 

I would put even Bangladesh, Lankan and Pakistan cricket boards above it.  Pound for pound - they make much better use of their resources than BCCI.

 

Having someone like Chetan Sharma with his sadak chhap cricketing intellect as Chief Selector ...is one among hundreds of examples of how BCCI functions.

 

 

Edited February 17, 2023 by rangeelaraja

[kosingh]

Every few years we hear of an amazing new stadium being built in Gurgaon/Noida. 

 

Never happens. Stuck with Arun Jaitley.

[Number]

 

Looks so hideous 

 

[SM2907]

shame on BCCI. Je sa hai tu waisa rehna

[rollingstoned]

Why has this stadium never been modernised? Several tier 2 City stadiums look much better. 

[sensible-indian]

This stadium is an insult to India.

 

On top of that, there is smog.

 

I love the pitch and outfield tho.

 

Shaping up to be a super fun test match.

[Sean Bradley]

Needs a complete revamp, Eyesore Ugly Bullcrap. Find the architect of this stadium and  him.

[coffee_rules]

What a view  

 

 

[AuxiliA]

Those ugly, mismatched AD banners make it far worse. The stadium looks much better during the IPL, when the decorations are aesthetic. 

 

BCCI should force the state associations to do away with those hideous banners and do some 'make-up' to atleast make the stadium look good on TV. 

[cowboysfan]

so painful to watch cricket here.Modi and the gujjus boys found money to build a gigantic stadium in Ahmedabad but we are stuck with this eyesore in the nations capital.how the * thought those stands were a good idea?.

[rollingstoned]

6 hours ago, sensible-indian said:

This stadium is an insult to India.

 

On top of that, there is smog.

 

I love the pitch and outfield tho.

 

Shaping up to be a super fun test match.

Yea i usually remember matches here being quite good and memorable, pitch wise. Generally IPL has meant that stadia and the outfields are kept in better condition throught the year than they otherwise would have been. Not sure despite having a franchise who plays there why nothing has been done about this ground. 

[coffee_rules]

6 hours ago, coffee_rules said:

What a view  

 

 

Classic reply

 

 

[zen]

Need to move away from such legacy stadiums (esp. in cities known for pollution). Some of the stadiums that should be looked in (in alphabetical order):

 

A'bad, Dharamshala (picturesque location), Kolkata (still has some merit), Lucknow, Mohali (?), Pune, Raipur, Rajkot, etc. 

[Chakdephatte]

 

 

[Number]

May be they wanted to keep the stadium clean and wanted to tell fans ki "Paan Bahar khao", not in the stadium.

[Lord]

 

[DeepSpace]

On 2/16/2023 at 6:30 PM, rangeelaraja said:

If the pathetic concrete slum look of the stadium was not bad enough....DDCA / BCCI apparently cannot find a better sponsor than Paan Bahar.

 

What a " wonderful " advertisement it is to adolescents who come to watch the game.

 

Apart from encashing  India's economic boom and cricket popularity in India -- BCCI has proved itself to be a 3rd rate board. 

 

I would put even Bangladesh, Lankan and Pakistan cricket boards above it.  Pound for pound - they make much better use of their resources than BCCI.

 

Having someone like Chetan Sharma with his sadak chhap cricketing intellect as Chief Selector ...is one among hundreds of examples of how BCCI functions.

 

 

That was the first thing I thought when I saw the highlights. What a shameful classless display!

[sage]

 

[cowboysfan]

they should demolish this obscenity and build a new one.maybe make it the worlds 1st  stadium with retractable roof and avoid the smog issue.