It’s not just that there are so few westerners; there are few anybodies. The ICC is displeased about half-empty stadiums, but won’t say so publicly.
India is an extraordinary country. It first gets into your pores and then under your skin, in the best sense. Its cricket authorities, though, get on your goat.
It’s not just that there are so few westerners; there are few anybodies. The other south Asian countries are minimally represented and Pakistanis have been thwarted altogether. In Bangalore, I met Indians who were supporting Pakistan just so that they had someone on their side. Between the ICC and the BCCI, they’re staging this World Cup behind closed doors. Before you at me about Ahmedabad and India and Pakistan, that was always going to be a blockbuster. It’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s stadium and it’s Modi’s show.Per Daniel Brettig in these pages, per Pakistan coach Mickey Arthur, this really is a BCCI event.
The governing body’s fixation is with TV. That’s how most people get their World Cup, and how the ICC/BCCI funds it, and on TV it doubtlessly looks spectacular. No loosely attached hoardings tumble perilously from stadium rooftops on the not-so-small screen.It’s sad, because this indifference to spectators sits at odds with the warm welcome accorded to the few international fans who are here.
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