[PICTURES] Will spectators attend the ICC Champions Trophy 2025?

[Devadwal]

I don't think pak is going to host any tournament for another decade with amount of financial mismanagement and low crowd engagement.

I want to see the TRP of This champion trophy . Maybe we Will see after the finishing

 

[Vikram1989]

On track to host world cup matches.

I think women's t20 wc was awarded to pak as compensation .we can assume the success and reciprocity of that tournament on the basis of this.At Max establishment will get few more dollars for hosting.

 

[Flat_Track_Bully]

I think women's t20 wc was awarded to pak as compensation .we can assume the success and reciprocity of that tournament on the basis of this.At Max establishment will get few more dollars for hosting.

A country with 250 million population with cricket as the main sport simply cannot be ignored.

In your dreams you must think Pakistan will go ignored forever.

 

[Varun]

A country with 250 million population with cricket as the main sport simply cannot be ignored.

In your wet dreams you must think Pakistan will go ignored forever.

BCCI: Yes

 

[Devadwal]

One innings is almost to finished in Grand semifinal yet hardly any crowd so far @Bhaag Viru Bhaag your thoughts

 

[Vikram1989]

A country with 250 million population with cricket as the main sport simply cannot be ignored.

In your wet dreams you must think Pakistan will go ignored forever.

Am not saying pak will be ignored .To get hosting rights in men's competition again pak will have to do lot better in stadium renovations and crowd pulling. Icc and others will demand pak to pull up their socks and show results before going for hosting one more tournament. Pcb Spending 3 times of the estimated budget and not even completing will make icc to go extra hard for allowing any more set backs.

 

[m.shah]

Poor performance of Pakistan team has killed all the vibe of champions trophy. Tournament would have been successful had Pakistan reached semifinal

 

[Flat_Track_Bully]

Am not saying pak will be ignored .To get hosting rights in men's competition again pak will have to do lot better in stadium renovations and crowd pulling. Icc and others will demand pak to pull up their socks and show results before going for hosting one more tournament. Pcb Spending 3 times of the estimated budget and not even completing will make icc to go extra hard for allowing any more set backs.

Cricket is not a big sport. Small timers like SL get to host matches.

Pakistan will always be a big player in cricket and deserves hosting rights.

 

[Vikram1989]

Cricket is not a big sport. Small timers like SL get to host matches.

Pakistan will always be a big player in cricket and deserves hosting rights.

Pajeets went from crying about security issues to now about "crowd pulling"

Am not talking about security issues since india is not going there.its other teams issues. But a pathetic tournament with zero crowd along with corruption and half complete stadium is every one's issue . Wasting icc money with out any iota of shame should be answered first. Sorry ur country don't have any responsibility, shame as it as shown with imf .no body have any deserving rights unless they contribute to the game positively.Apart from 250 mn support with zero revenue , pak brings zero value either financially or performance. We will know how much icc lost after few days.

 

[FearlessRoar]

A fan was spotted in Lahore today, thanking all the teams for coming to Pakistan—except India

 

[DeadlyVenom]

Am not talking about security issues since india is not going there.its other teams issues. But a pathetic tournament with zero crowd along with corruption and half complete stadium is every one's issue . Wasting icc money with out any iota of shame should be answered first. Sorry ur country don't have any responsibility, shame as it as shown with imf .no body have any deserving rights unless they contribute to the game positively.Apart from 250 mn support with zero revenue , pak brings zero value either financially or performance. We will know how much icc lost after few days.

You are finding it difficult to put aside your own anti Pakistan bias when analysing the tournament. It is very clear from the irrelevant stuff you are mentioning. There is no basis to your allegations of corruption, half-completed stadiums and wasting money.

As an example the ODI world cup in India "The ICC said a total of 1,250,307 spectators watched the 48 games at the grounds in India"

2 of those games had 100k attendances - India v Pakistan and the Final.

so 16% of the total attendance was two matches.

These same two matches got moved out of the champions trophy at the behest of your board.....

it is easy to point fingers and say the PCB should have done XYZ. Yes there were opportunities for improvement but the tournament is generally in line with all ICC events. There is no need to criticise excessively

 

[Flat_Track_Bully]

Am not talking about security issues since india is not going there.its other teams issues. But a pathetic tournament with zero crowd along with corruption and half complete stadium is every one's issue . Wasting icc money with out any iota of shame should be answered first. Sorry ur country don't have any responsibility, shame as it as shown with imf .no body have any deserving rights unless they contribute to the game positively.Apart from 250 mn support with zero revenue , pak brings zero value either financially or performance. We will know how much icc lost after few days.

India is one giant slum. Go on google maps and pin drop on any location and it looks like a disgusting 3rd world hell hole.

1 billion Indians are in poverty

India: A billion people have no real money to spend, says report

India's population is 1.4 billion but its consuming class is only 140 million, or about as big as Mexico.

www.bbc.com

Dirty stadiums, 1 rupee a ticket crowd which is hostile and extremist. You are tolerated, not liked. Always remember that.

 

[Vikram1989]

You are finding it difficult to put aside your own anti Pakistan bias when analysing the tournament. It is very clear from the irrelevant stuff you are mentioning. There is no basis to your allegations of corruption, half-completed stadiums and wasting money.

As an example the ODI world cup in India "The ICC said a total of 1,250,307 spectators watched the 48 games at the grounds in India"

2 of those games had 100k attendances - India v Pakistan and the Final.

so 16% of the total attendance was two matches.

These same two matches got moved out of the champions trophy at the behest of your board.....

Bro there are multiple reports that pcb overshot it's budget by 561 crore Indian rupees or 20.4 million usd.Has Lahore stadium got all the stuff as per initial design?.Does it have roofs as promised initially, is it safe during rains as exposed ? Lots of issues are there and no body knows when they will be fixed . Crowd for 2 big games is fine as per big stadium (mcg, Ahmedabad) standards. Am not talking about it. There are not much crowd for low price arena also.pcb should have given free tickets after game have started. Apart from eng vs australia match, most of the stadiums were half filled at best. Definitely pak's early exit have not helped either.pcb picking exactly 90 days before tournament for renovations and the contractor who did it also raises lots of mismanagement.

PCB Goes Overboard With The ICC Champions Trophy 2025 Budget

The cost of rebuilding and upgrading its stadiums has increased by more than five billion rupees (roughly USD 20.4 million), and the PCB is reportedly preparing backup plans to handle its finances.

cricketbazaar.com

 

[Flat_Track_Bully]

Bro there are multiple reports that pcb overshot it's budget by 561 crore Indian rupees or 20.4 million usd.Has Lahore stadium got all the stuff as per initial design?.Does it have roofs as promised initially, is it safe during rains as exposed ? Lots of issues are there and no body knows when they will be fixed . Crowd for 2 big games is fine as per big stadium (mcg, Ahmedabad) standards. Am not talking about it. There are not much crowd for low price arena also.pcb should have given free tickets after game have started. Apart from eng vs australia match, most of the stadiums were half filled at best. Definitely pak's early exit have not helped either.pcb picking exactly 90 days before tournament for renovations and the contractor who did it also raises lots of mismanagement.

PCB Goes Overboard With The ICC Champions Trophy 2025 Budget

The cost of rebuilding and upgrading its stadiums has increased by more than five billion rupees (roughly USD 20.4 million), and the PCB is reportedly preparing backup plans to handle its finances.

cricketbazaar.com

The roof and any remaining work gets completed after CT slumdog millionaire.

 

[Vikram1989]

India is one giant slum. Go on google maps and pin drop on any location and it looks like a disgusting 3rd world hell hole.

1 billion Indians are in poverty

India: A billion people have no real money to spend, says report

India's population is 1.4 billion but its consuming class is only 140 million, or about as big as Mexico.

www.bbc.com

Dirty stadiums, 1 rupee a ticket crowd which is hostile and extremist. You are tolerated, not liked. Always remember that.

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234 mn out of 1.4 bn in india and 93 mn out of 247 mn in pak are in poverty

Over 1.1 billion people living in acute poverty, India has most, Pakistan follows: UN | India News - The Times of India

India News: Over 1.1 billion people are living in acute poverty, with India having the highest number. Approximately 584 million children are significantly affect

timesofindia.indiatimes.com

 

[DeadlyVenom]

Bro there are multiple reports that pcb overshot it's budget by 561 crore Indian rupees or 20.4 million usd.Has Lahore stadium got all the stuff as per initial design?.Does it have roofs as promised initially, is it safe during rains as exposed ? Lots of issues are there and no body knows when they will be fixed . Crowd for 2 big games is fine as per big stadium (mcg, Ahmedabad) standards. Am not talking about it. There are not much crowd for low price arena also.pcb should have given free tickets after game have started. Apart from eng vs australia match, most of the stadiums were half filled at best. Definitely pak's early exit have not helped either.pcb picking exactly 90 days before tournament for renovations and the contractor who did it also raises lots of mismanagement.

PCB Goes Overboard With The ICC Champions Trophy 2025 Budget

The cost of rebuilding and upgrading its stadiums has increased by more than five billion rupees (roughly USD 20.4 million), and the PCB is reportedly preparing backup plans to handle its finances.

cricketbazaar.com

PCB has made a lot of flaws you are right but honestly as a fan this tournament is similarly flawed as other tournaments. It is not good for cricket to have empty stadiums and rained off matches but it is not a uniquely Pakistani issue. Scheduling much of the tournament in/around Ramadan probably doesn't help much either.

Yes the stadiums don't appear great but lets not jump the gun and automatically say its corruption. Many such jobs across the world do overshoot their budget for a variety of reasons. PCB should explain itself though.

Pakistan needs to do some introspection regarding its own team and regarding the lack of interest in cricket particularly in Karachi.

All I am saying is that yes there is room for criticism - even USA and India received it after their tournaments but lets be honest while it isn't great the tournament is not that bad either.

 

[FearlessRoar]

A decent crowd gathered after Iftar.

 

[FearlessRoar]

A decent crowd gathered after Iftar.

Electric crowd support and Bavuma chants echo in Lahore.

 

[Aang_The_last_airbender]

The roof and any remaining work gets completed after CT slumdog millionaire.

30 years main kuch Hua nahi.. ab champions trophy ke baad hoga ... itne delulu nahi hote sir jee

 

[followed]

Lol why would any sane person come to watch before iftari.

Where would a person open the fast while watching cricket. A person fasting for whole day without water and food won't be able to eat in a stadium.
Odis in ramadhan don't make sense.
But still kudos to those who came to support cricket even during this month.

 

[Mesozoic]

30 years main kuch Hua nahi.. ab champions trophy ke baad hoga ... itne delulu nahi hote sir jee

These lot have been humiliated left right and centre on and off the field in the past few months.

Delusions are the only thing that's keeping them sane at this point.

 

[Devadwal]

So according to reports - Tickets NOT sold out for the second semifinal between NewZealand and South africa at Gaddafi Stadium Lahore.
But @Major told us all the match tickets were sold out.

 

[BouncerGuy]

It was an expected response from the crowd. I think people were left disappointed at Pakistan's exit from the event that is why they did not came to watch these games.