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1st ODI of the 3 Match series. Weekday. 45 Degrees heat and Multanis have Still come out in good numbers to support their Team. Great Support
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Pakistan vs West Indies ODI Series (2022) in Multan - Crowd Watch
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The crowd numbers are brilliant. Credit to the people of Multan for turning out in such numbers.
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Cities like Multan and Faisalabad should be Given more chances to hold matches. Pcb should look to expand rather than keep Karachi Lahore Pindi in the mix all the time.
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Huge Crowd considering the Heat there.
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Very commendable
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The capacity is 35,000. how many do we estimate here?
It looks like 25-28 k but hard to say for sure.
It looks like 25-28 k but hard to say for sure.
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It's just amazing. People came in this scorching heat. Kudos to them.
PCB is clueless as usual arranging ODIs in this month.
PCB is clueless as usual arranging ODIs in this month.
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Credit to the people for coming out in this scorching heat. Goes to show yet again that people in cities that aren't Lahore or Karachi just value cricket more.
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MULTAN: It took time but eventually the Multan Cricket Stadium was filled to capacity. The magnitude of the occasion was such that even the intense heat prevailing in Multan failed to deter fans from travelling for the city’s first international match after 14 years.
Many of those walked for a couple of kilometers in scorching temperatures of 46 degrees Celsius just to be there. Multan had not hosted an international match since the one-dayer between Pakistan and Bangladesh in 2008.
The opening match of the three-game ODI series between Pakistan and the West Indies finally ended that long wait. The rest of the series will also be played in Multan but it was the Wednesday’s first ODI which inevitably had the top billing.
While the fans had to leave early to reach the stadium — some 30 kilometres away from Multan’s city centre — in time for the start of the match, the teams decided to delay their arrival by an hour in order to stave off effects of the unrelenting heat.
Teams usually arrive two hours before the start but here, Pakistan and West Indies arrived only an hour before and players who are being provided ice collars, vests and extra water breaks to beat the heat immediately came out for their pre-match drills.
The late departure times of the teams from the hotel meant traffic congestion on the stadium route afterwards. With state level security offered to the teams, the route has to be cleared of any sort of traffic for at least an hour.
And so fans that left for the stadium after the teams’ departure faced long traffic jams just to make it to the venue. For the cricket-starved public, even that wasn’t going to be a barrier.
After all, it was only due to some unavoidable circumstances that Multan got the opportunity to end its international cricket drought.
The series was set to be played in Karachi at the end of last year but was postponed after a number of Covid-19 cases in the West Indies camp.
When the dates were finalised for the series this year, Rawalpindi was the chosen venue only for political uncertainty in nearby Islamabad forcing it to be shifted to Multan.
And while those who travelled to the stadium were unflustered by the weather or the heat, other residents of the city weren’t too happy with the arrangements made to hold the series.
“We welcome international cricket in Multan but it’s coming at a cost as we have to face traffic jams due to the security protocols,” Malik Ahad, a business owner at the electronics market, told Dawn. “The local administration must adopt other best measures to minimise our problems, besides giving smooth journey to the teams.”
Another citizen suggested that it would be better if the teams were brought to the stadium through helicopters.
“The cantonment area is quite close to the hotel where the teams are staying and it even has a helipad,” Shujauddin told Dawn. “It would take only a few minutes for the teams to travel from the hotel to the helipad and helicopters would take the teams from there to the stadium in a matter of minutes.
“Not only that but it will also spare a good number of police, rangers and other security officials to do their other routine jobs instead of standing on the side of the roads to stop people.”
Inside the stadium, it was the turn of television reporters to brave the heat. With no special corner set up for them to express their views before the start of the match, they had to do their job while standing in open air.
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Many of those walked for a couple of kilometers in scorching temperatures of 46 degrees Celsius just to be there. Multan had not hosted an international match since the one-dayer between Pakistan and Bangladesh in 2008.
The opening match of the three-game ODI series between Pakistan and the West Indies finally ended that long wait. The rest of the series will also be played in Multan but it was the Wednesday’s first ODI which inevitably had the top billing.
While the fans had to leave early to reach the stadium — some 30 kilometres away from Multan’s city centre — in time for the start of the match, the teams decided to delay their arrival by an hour in order to stave off effects of the unrelenting heat.
Teams usually arrive two hours before the start but here, Pakistan and West Indies arrived only an hour before and players who are being provided ice collars, vests and extra water breaks to beat the heat immediately came out for their pre-match drills.
The late departure times of the teams from the hotel meant traffic congestion on the stadium route afterwards. With state level security offered to the teams, the route has to be cleared of any sort of traffic for at least an hour.
And so fans that left for the stadium after the teams’ departure faced long traffic jams just to make it to the venue. For the cricket-starved public, even that wasn’t going to be a barrier.
After all, it was only due to some unavoidable circumstances that Multan got the opportunity to end its international cricket drought.
The series was set to be played in Karachi at the end of last year but was postponed after a number of Covid-19 cases in the West Indies camp.
When the dates were finalised for the series this year, Rawalpindi was the chosen venue only for political uncertainty in nearby Islamabad forcing it to be shifted to Multan.
And while those who travelled to the stadium were unflustered by the weather or the heat, other residents of the city weren’t too happy with the arrangements made to hold the series.
“We welcome international cricket in Multan but it’s coming at a cost as we have to face traffic jams due to the security protocols,” Malik Ahad, a business owner at the electronics market, told Dawn. “The local administration must adopt other best measures to minimise our problems, besides giving smooth journey to the teams.”
Another citizen suggested that it would be better if the teams were brought to the stadium through helicopters.
“The cantonment area is quite close to the hotel where the teams are staying and it even has a helipad,” Shujauddin told Dawn. “It would take only a few minutes for the teams to travel from the hotel to the helipad and helicopters would take the teams from there to the stadium in a matter of minutes.
“Not only that but it will also spare a good number of police, rangers and other security officials to do their other routine jobs instead of standing on the side of the roads to stop people.”
Inside the stadium, it was the turn of television reporters to brave the heat. With no special corner set up for them to express their views before the start of the match, they had to do their job while standing in open air.
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Really pleased to see the crowd. Well done to the Multanis. I think in the future test matches in Pakistan should go to the 'smaller cities' like Rawalpindi, Multan, Faisalabad (once that ground is renovated). Let's keep test matches away from Lahore and especially Karachi - empty stadiums are not a good look.
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And back they come for 2nd ODI
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Pretty much a full house today. Great Support from Multan and south Punjabis !.
Faisalabad should be next place to hold international cricket. The Jazba of Faisalabadis for cricket is Second to none.
Faisalabad should be next place to hold international cricket. The Jazba of Faisalabadis for cricket is Second to none.
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Few more people in at the start on a Sunday, but not many. Sure it will fill up as the sun sets.
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Another full House!. Great Work Multan and South Punjab
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<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-partner="tweetdeck"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Great effort from the fans - it's another full house in Multan <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/PAKvWI?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#PAKvWI</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Cricket?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#Cricket</a> <a href="https://t.co/9ceRc1kEhH">pic.twitter.com/9ceRc1kEhH</a></p>— Saj Sadiq (@SajSadiqCricket) <a href="https://twitter.com/SajSadiqCricket/status/1536007897972342784?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 12, 2022</a></blockquote>
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Hopefully PCB wakes up and gives more cricket to Multan And Faisalabad
They need to stop playing in grounds that are empty and give them only the odd games to prove thier worth
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So much for the it is criminal to have cricket in this heat. The people of Multan don't think so.
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<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-partner="tweetdeck"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Nicholas Pooran “I want to thank the crowd they’ve been amazing. We love the fans & every time we come to Pakistan it’s a treat. We're very happy they don’t just support Pakistan they support good cricket & that’s very important. We really appreciate it & love you guys” <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/PAKvWI?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#PAKvWI</a></p>— Saj Sadiq (@SajSadiqCricket) <a href="https://twitter.com/SajSadiqCricket/status/1536068363847356416?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 12, 2022</a></blockquote>
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Taking advantage of someone's hospitality is not that great an idea.
Next time hold the games in pleasant weather for Multanites
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Ramiz Raja "Thank you Multan and the fans for coming to the stadium in this heat. You have proved that you deserve lots of cricket here. We will do our best to ensure England play in Multan and that PSL matches are played here"
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Really hope Multan gets a test match in the England series.
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<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Thank you, Pakistan! ���� <br><br>The <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/MenInMaroon?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#MenInMaroon</a> depart ���� <a href="https://t.co/lSmUvUdMHy">pic.twitter.com/lSmUvUdMHy</a></p>— Windies Cricket (@windiescricket) <a href="https://twitter.com/windiescricket/status/1536201358059130886?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 13, 2022</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
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Ramiz Raja during his interaction with journalists - speaking about the 7 T20Is vs England and for which venues will possibly be only Karachi and Lahore:
“We are sorry for Multan but the venue will be adjusted for the Test series coming up.”
“We are sorry for Multan but the venue will be adjusted for the Test series coming up.”
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So seems Ramiz kept his word for Multan!
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