A record 518 million viewers from India watched matches during 48-day event on TV, while Disney’s streaming app recorded a peak concurrent viewership of 59 million during finals.
The consistency of the Indian cricket team has led to huge expectations. Our cricket-crazy population puts enormous pressure on its players. It leads to performance anxiety.
Priyanka Gandhi had stated that the day of the final is Indira Gandhi’s birthday, and therefore India would win the World Cup. Will the late PM then be named a panauti?
Total of 1,250,307 fans watched the 5 Oct-19 Nov showpiece event from stands, surpassing previous mark of 1.016 million set at the 2015 edition in Australia and New Zealand.
The here-and-there glories and the dominance of BCCI built a perception—that we are the new leaders of international cricket. But believing is not enough.
‘If any team can challenge home side at this point it is probably Australians, because of their ultra-competitive nature,’ former English batsman writes in an op-ed in The Guardian.
The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) announced who will perform at the ODI World Cup final between India and Australia at the Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad.
India arrived at Wankhede Stadium, where they lifted their 2nd & last World Cup trophy in 2011, looking invincible, winning all nine round-robin matches without any stiff challenge.
From Munir’s point of view, a few bumps here and there is par for the course. He isn’t going to drive his dumper truck to its doom. He wants to use it as a weapon.
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