You cannot compare a couple of international T20 league to a month long tournament. More people attend the internationals T20s for the rarity rather than the quality.
In this instance - you can - since you’re claiming that the reason the ground have been empty isn’t got anything to do with the standard of cricket - it’s to do with the inaccessibility of the ground, lack of resources for the people who are attending the games, m, expensive transport system in Dubai etc. etc.
Those restrictions are still their whether it’s a PSL game or a high quality game like and international T20.
Look man - I’m a big fan of the PSL and I see big benefits in it. I think, In-Shaa-Allah if it’s done right it can bring a great deal of success to Pakistan’s future In-Shaa-Allah. In fact over the last two years it has already helped Pakistan Cricket greatly with the introduction of players such as Hassan’s Ali, Shadab Khan, Fakhir Zamar, Faheem Ashraf etc. etc.
I’ve watched PSL for the last two years & watched near enough every game this year - however this year - the standard of cricket (bar the fielding by enlarge) and consequently the attendence in the crowd has been pretty terrible. Now rather than ignoring these facts, I think we should look at ways at how to resolve them and how to improve the PSL so that we can build on the success of PSL 1 & 2.
Now one way is to move PSL Ron Pakistan. Although that it is a very appealing proposal, the practicality of that happening any time soon is not very realistic IMO. I hope I am wrong - however, that’s just my opinion.
The other thing we can do to improve the PSL sand get and mor engaged is get the players more motivated and fired up to deliver a higher quality and play a more appealing band of Cricket. When getting to the Dubai stadium is such a drag, why would I make the effort if one team is dismissed for 114 and the other will stumble to the target with 7 wickets down, either though neither team is bowling particularly well?
I’m sorry but I do not think for a single second that the international players care about anything other than their bank balance. McCallum doesn’t are about Lahore, KP doesn’t care about Quetta, Pollard doesn’t care about Multan etc. etc. - and why should they? So they aren’t going to ply with any great deal of passion and jazba. So therefore the least we can do is encourage our Pakistabiblkayers to play with a bit more heart and more passion.
As a result of that their will be incidents on the field like Afridi giving a youngster a send off which I have no problem with as long as it is kept on the field. Following the incident Afridi very publicly apologised - which was his decision to do - move on. If that youngster gives up Cricket because a legend (and yes he was a legend) directedbsome emotion towards him on a cricket field a he’s got issues. If I was playing against Wasim, and he got pumped up after dismissing me - I would take that as a compliment.
Having said that - at the same time - if Shaheen doesn’t want to celebrate after getting Afridi’s wicket I respect that. That’s his decision. Even Shaheens lack of celebration showed a great deal emotion and was appealing for an audience to watch.
Anyway - we have gone way off topic here. In summary - I think the players playing a bit more aggressive and appealing brand of cricket will certainly help the PSL since it will get more of a crowd in and give younger players a bit more experiece of playing in high pressure situations. Also, have a look st some pics of international T20’s or even IPL matches being played in Dubai and compare the crowd there to what we are seeing in the PSL - then let me know, in your opinion what does PSL have to do to attract that crowd if it isn’t playing a better quality of cricket.
