After Cricket World Cup 2023 Opens To Empty Stands
Following the competition’s Thursday opening in Ahmedabad to empty stands, Virender Sehwag offered some intriguing suggestions to the 2023 Cricket World Cup organisers.
Virender Sehwag, a former opener for the Indian cricket team, thinks that the Cricket World Cup 2023 organisers should provide free tickets to school and college students for games in which India is not participating. This is because the competition began on Thursday in Ahmedabad to nearly empty stadiums. Numerous cricket enthusiasts expressed their shock about the paucity of attendance at the Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad on social media. According to Sehwag, youth enthusiasm in the sport can increase with better access to the game during the tournament while ODI cricket’s popularity is now on the decline.
“I’m hoping that more people will come in after office hours.” However, there should be free tickets for school and college youngsters for games that do not feature Bharat. With the declining interest in 50-over cricket, it would undoubtedly assist that youngsters get to see a World Cup game and players get to play in front of a packed crowd.” Sehwag shared a video on the social networking platform X.
New Zealand won the toss and put defending champions England in to bat in the World Cup opener on Thursday, with the English missing star Ben Stokes due to a hip injury.
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The match, which will take place at the world’s largest cricket stadium in the Indian city of Ahmedabad, is a repeat of the historic 2019 final, which England won on a boundary countback.
New Zealand will be led by Tom Latham, who will be missing regular captain Kane Williamson and fast bowler Tim Southee, who are both recovering from injuries.
Lockie Ferguson, the fast bowler, is also out with a niggle.
“It appears to be a reasonably good surface.” “Hopefully it gets better to bat later on,” Latham remarked during the toss. “Preparation has been great.”
England captain Jos Buttler revealed Stokes is out with a “hip niggle.”
Stokes, who was named as a specialist batsman for the World Cup but will be unable to bowl due to a long-standing knee injury, gets replaced by Harry Brook.
Buttler stated that if he had won the toss, they would have bowled first.
“That looks like a really good wicket.” “Preparation has gone very well,” Buttler said.
“We had a good home series against New Zealand.” “I’m very proud of what I accomplished four years ago.”
