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Over 1,000 spectators miss Tendulkar's ton

Bangalore:  It was literally a gloomy Sunday for over 1,000 cricket-crazy fans who missed watching Sachin Tendulkar's inning, despite having proper tickets and reaching the venue on time.

Likewise Rajesh, another cricket fan, said, "We had come here to watch Sachin bat. But now we feel that we have wasted our Sunday and our money as well." He added that KSCA should be help responsible for the discomfort caused to them. When contacted, officials from KSCA refused to comment on the issue.

The reason: Cops didn't let them in citing unavailability of seats. Also, the marathon security check that lasted over two-and-a-hours after the start of play, prevented them from witnessing Sachin score his 47th one-day international century.

The irked fans demanded that the cops call Karnataka State Cricket Association (KSCA) President Anil Kumble and Secretary Javagal Srinath to the gate. However, former cricketer and security in-charge Vijay Bharadwaj and former Indian pacer Venkatesh Prasad did come outside twice to pacify the fans, but it was already too late.

Some fans were let inside the stadium through other gates after half the Indian inning was over. Raghu G, a fan, said, "As the match was to start at 2.30 pm, we reached the venue at 1 pm. It's 4.30 pm now, and we are yet to be allowed in. They say that they don't have seats. If this is the case, then why did they issue tickets in the first place?"  

Six-metro ratings for opening match released 

TAM Sports has released the ratings for the Opening ceremony and the first match (India vs Bangladesh) of the ICC Cricket World Cup 2011 for the target group C&S 4+ in the six-metro market.
As per the data, the first match of the ICC CWC has begun its run on a positive note with a gross rating of 7.8 TVR in the six metros of Mumbai, Kolkata, Delhi, Chennai, Bangalore and Hyderabad in CS 4+ markets. The Opening Ceremony has garnered a rating of 1.23 TVR in the same markets.
The India-Bangladesh match of 2011 has opened marginally better than the ICC CWC 2007. In 2007, the first India match was against Bangladesh and it scored a 7.3 TVR in the six-metro market. As is known, this year the World Cup opened with this match, but last time, India-Bangladesh was the fifth match, scheduled on a Saturday at 7 pm.
This year, the first match was telecast at 2 pm on a Saturday. There is also an increase in time duration of the match from about 427 minutes in 2007 to 470 minutes this year.
It should be noted that TAM Sports data has seen a universe update since 2007.
Other statistics reveal that individual markets such as Mumbai and Bangalore have rated the highest in terms of viewership with 9.14 and 9.17 TVR, respectively.
As per the data, the digital universe has responded better to the games than analog; digital households have recorded a 9.47 TVR, while terrestrial is 6.4 TVR.

The ICC Cricket World Cup is being telecast on ESS channels (Star Cricket, Star Sports and ESPN) and on account of the Government mandate on cricket telecast, on DD1. The winning channel in the mix is Star Cricket, which pulled in a rating of 3.03 TVR. The official broadcaster ESPN gained a viewership score of 2.47 TVR, while DD1 added 1.5 TVR to the numbers. Star Sports was the lowest in ratings at 0.89 TVR.
 

Mumbai cricket fans sore over fewer tickets for World Cup

Mumbai, Feb 21 (PTI) The availability of only 4,000tickets through online and window sale for the 2011 World Cupfinal has irked cricket lovers, who feel given the smallcapacity of the Wankhede stadium, the match could have beenhosted at another bigger stadium.

"It is very unfair for a cricket enthusiast. They shouldhave taken some measures to ensure that many more tickets wereavailable to the common public," said Ranjan Joshi (52), abusinessman.

"If they knew that the number of seats were going to bean issue, they should have thought of a bigger venue like theD Y Patil stadium in Navi Mumbai which has got a biggercapacity," he added.

Joshi further said it was strange that not a single matchinvolving India was being held in Mumbai, considered the"cricket capital of the country".

"If India fails to make it to the final, they will nothave played a single match in Mumbai," he added.

Echoing his sentiments, Bharat Singh, a mediaprofessional and cricket aficionado, said, "I am very muchdisappointed. Vis-a-vis most other stadia, Wankhede holds lesssitting capacity. The ICC could have organised the final atsome other place like D Y Patil Stadium, which is consideredthe best cricket facility in the country and has biggercapacity."

Addressing mediapersons yesterday, tournament directorand Mumbai Cricket Association treasurer Prof Ratnakar Shettysaid that only about 4,000 tickets for the final would beavailable for direct sale as over 28,000 tickets of the32,000 capacity stadium were reserved due to various"contractual obligations". 

Indians have a rest day ahead of Feb 27 match against England

The Indian cricket team that opened their World Cup campaign by taking sweet revenge against Bangladesh in Mirpur, near Dhaka, had a rest day.

The team members, barring skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni and master blaster Sachin Tendulkar, arrived in the city last night.

While Dhoni kept his date with the National Games in Ranchi, Tendulkar flew to Mumbai.

The team will be hitting the nets from tomorrow for their next match in Group B against England to be played at the M Chinnaswamy Stadum here on February 27.

The match was shifted by the International Cricket Council (ICC) to Bangalore from Kolkata due to the delay in the preparedness of the Eden Garden. The team will also be playing their third match, against Ireland, here on March 6.

Tendulkar, who was in Mumbai to have a MRI scan of the left knee which had an old injury, has been cleared to play the match.

India team spokesman Ranjib Biswal said, "It's an old injury. It was just a niggle. It's nothing to worry about. The (MRI) report is all clear."

The tickets for the match would be issued from February 24, the Karnataka State Cricket Association has announced.

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