Pity the paying public

[vvvslaxman]

http://www.espncricinfo.com/magazine/content/current/story/623327.html It is sad.. one comment even said few had sun stroke.

[kubrickian]

The facilities available to the spectators in Indian stadiums are terrible. That's why I never go to the stadium to watch cricket. :finger:

[Crookbond]

This is not just for cricket match tickets but most services in India. People tend to "adjust" and move on. The harrowing experience in the name of security has reached limits. In particular, lets talk about frisking. You need to walk in through the metal detector to reach the security. Why would you need to frisked then? What is the metal detector for - a show piece? No one has yet given me a satisfactory let alone an acceptable answer for frisking after metal detectors.

[vvvslaxman]

The facilities available to the spectators in Indian stadiums are terrible. That's why I never go to the stadium to watch cricket. :finger:

Chennai was good. Except that they force you to buy stuffs there rather than bring from outside.

[Crookbond]

Here is another account of the QF match between India and Australia during WC 2011 by a very reputed academic in India.

Well, we finally entered the stadium. We were stripped off water bottles, and no food packets. Presumably the food may have some poison in it, and we may attempt feeding the players on the boundary line. We knew in advance that mobile phones and no other electronic gadgets will be allowed. But what we did not know was that even a plastic pen could be used as a weapon. Perhaps someone in the police hierarchy had read that the pen is mightier than the sword, and if swords are security risks, then of course, pens are security risks too. I wanted to ask the policeman on duty - what if I try to throw my shoes into the ground. But I desisted. They may actually start banning footwear into the stadium. Anything goes in the name of security, and no body bothers asking a question - is there an alternative. (If the main problem with water bottles was that there have been several incidents in the past of spectators throwing water bottles into the ground, then the solution is not to ban water bottles, but to increase the height of the wiremesh barrier between the seats and the playground from 8-10 feet to may be 20 feet. Also, they should ask the security guards to not congregate at one location and watch the match, but to be dispersed throughout the stands and watch the spectators.

http://dsanghi.blogspot.in/2011/03/i-was-there-at-motera.html

[Rohit S. Ambani]

The facilities available to the spectators in Indian stadiums are terrible. That's why I never go to the stadium to watch cricket. :finger:

Even after knowing all this, you defend BCCI? Your earlier thread - ECB is trying to bully BCCI into accepting DRS :cantstop: This is why I don't defend BCCI when it comes to spreading propaganda that ECB/Hot-Spot wants their money. I don't brag how powerful BCCI is in World Cricket. Because it hardly matters for average fan, To me powerful should mean Ad free HD telecast, great facilities for spectators, infrastructure to develop talent.

[kubrickian]

^^This has nothing to do with DRS issue. :offtopic:

[G_B_]

I have been to Dy patil Wankhede Lords Oval and the New pune stadium hand on heart the new pune stadium and dy patil and waknhede are better than oval and lords. Its fair to say there are two types of stadiums in India, good stadiums like the one in pune etc. and bad one's like hyderabad. Even mohali has no roof. Having said that most stadiums in the world dont have a roof. Lord for eg is 80% open with no shelter.

[saneindian]

The 4th test is at Delhi...I went for the last test played at Delhi vs WI and made the decision not go back to Kotla again after the terrible experience I had. Surprisingly the IPL experience (right from getting the tickets, to parking to exit/entry and the facilities inside the stadium) at the same stadium is completely different. Perhaps the difference between the agencies contracted to look after, professional ones vs the jugaad wallas

[Trichromatic]

Test match at Kolkata - Buy the tickets online and reach the stadium quite early to get the tickets. You'll see a small hole in large wooden planks used as boundary wall and you have to get the tickets from there. That hardly looks like ticket counter of one of the biggest cricket stadium in the world. During IPL matches at Bangalore, they had added multiple shades and counters to collect tickets. Stadium looks worse than bus stands during breaks. Food quality is generally awful and yet it is overpriced. If matches start from 9:30 AM then you'll have to be there at 8 AM. You can't even eat a lot at home at that time to avoid eating at stadium.

[Lord]

Its like they punish you for being a cricket fan and wanting to watch your stars,pathetic:facepalm:

[saneindian]

At Delhi the worse thing is on match days, tickets are sold at a bank located 2 KM away from the stadium. It's as if the BCCI simply doesn't want spectators inside the stadium. Expect half empty stadium (max 10K in stadium with 35K capacity) while they say tickets sold out during the 4th test.