Irate fans slam lack of facilities; seating arrangement at Brabourne on Twitter

When the Brabourne Stadium last hosted an Indian Premier League match in 2015 the stands were filled to their full capacity both teams had their own sets of cheerleaders and there were no restrictions of masks and sanitisation for fansAs the stadium owned by the Cricket Club of India CCI hosted its first match IPL match after a gap of nearly eight years with Mumbai Indians taking on Delhi Capitals in IPL 2022 on Sunday the conditions have changed a lotDue to the Covid19 pandemic only attendance was restricted to only 2537 of the stadiums capacity thus leaving many seats empty There were no cheerleaders and the match was being conducted by the Board of Control for Cricket in India BCCI and not the franchise as earlier The spectators were allowed in as per Covid19 protocols of BCCI and the players are in a biosecure bubbleWe look forward to coming back to Mumbai the crowds come out in large numbers Obviously some restrictions in terms of capacity but good to see crowds said Mumbai Indians skipper Rohit Sharma at the tossBut some things were the same the stadium was a sea of blue with the colours of Mumbai Indians visible here and there Though Rohit Sharma had said before the start of the match that it was an away match for his team as their home ground is the Wankhede stadium there was still a lot of support for the Mumbaibased teamAlso in focus on Sunday was the lack of facilities for fans at cricket stadiums in India as some spectators were not impressed with the seating arrangements in stands complained about the chairs provided in the standsA fan named Sanchit Desai with the handle sanchitd43 tweeted a picture of the plastic chairs in the stands and said better arrangements should have been madeSurely for 3K ticket prices acche seats toh de dete WTF Brabourne he tweetedAnother fan Vinesh Prabhu vlp1994 tweeted the photograph of plastic chairs in the East Stand and said it was a bit unfair for the fans to expect the fans to sit on those chairs in the hot and humid conditions The East Stand does not have a roof the West Stand hasEngland had made temporary stands during the WC I dont know how far its possible here but after paying 30003500 Rs I think sitting on plastic chairs and that too in this extremely hot weather is a bit unfairNot complaining though but there needs to be a solution he tweetedAnother fan called Ibrahim iBM1105 tweeted And people were trolling Shadi wale kursiyan in Pakistan laughing face emoji Wtf is this in Brabourne stadium Aur ImRo45 bhai ye hai tumhare city k 34 stadiums Mast hai laughing face emojisDespite the apparent discomfiture the atmosphere in the stands was festive with diehard Mumbai cricket fans enjoying watching their first match from a stadium after a break With it being a Sunday there were enough people around the stadium that had come to soak in the cricket atmosphereLike a young fan from Kolkata in the East Stand that claimed to be the biggest fan of Shane Watson a former IPL star player who is now assistant coach of Delhi Capitals The fan was holding a placard with Biggest fan of Watto from Kolkata Here only for my Idol Shane Watson written on itSo all in all it was a festive atmosphere at the Brabourne Stadium in Mumbai despite the problems faced by some fansThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever