The ongoing test series between India and Western India continued to disappoint in terms of participation in the crowd. After the series Opener in Ahmedabad has witnessed mostly empty standing throughout the three days of the game, the opening day of the second test on the new Delhi ARUN Jaitley Stadium offered a small improvement.
In fact, some social media fans joked that there were more spectators on Friday at Mumbai’s Shivaji Park, where Rohit Sharma appeared for training training. Visuals from iconic soil showed a strong participation with hundreds of fans who gathered to follow the Indian captain in action. Rohit was seen as chasing his skills under the alert eye of former coach India Abhishek Nayar, along with young Mumbai and Kolkata Knight Riders dough Angrish Raghuvanki and several other local talents as he continued to prepare for his international comeback.
Several hundred fans watched since the entrance to the park Shivaji When Rohit played a series of sharply timed strokes, many of them captured a moment on their phones. Rohit, always a favorite crowd, acknowledged his presence before leaving the country with his wife Ritika Sajdeh.
Meanwhile, the image was significantly different in Delhi. Most racks at the ARUN JAITLEY stadium remained largely empty, despite the ticket prices that start as low as the R 249. Fans of cricket in the capital seem to have decided to stay on, Even with India in a dominant position.
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During the first test in Ahmedabad, participation was similarly stunning, even parallel India and vs. Australia in Kanpur – and won the stars of the higher national team as Shreyas Iyer, Tilak Varma and Prabhsimran Singh –attract a noticeably larger crowd.
While the weekend in Delhi is expected to draw better participation, full stands remain unlikely – although India still dominates the field.
On 1 Yashasvi Jaiswal stole the reflector composed by a “dad” of hundreds of the remaining at 173, when India closed the day at 318 to 2. 3 Batter Sai Sudharsan admirably supported him during their 193-running partnership for the second batch.
Captain SHUBMAN GILL, who was not 20 on the stump outside, will be entertained on Saturday by a sparse crowd, because India is trying to publish a mammoth total and a bat only once in a match.
Low participation in the tests in India ruled the debate on the need to establish regular test centers and assign matches to cities with stronger crickets. Many fans remembered the design of Virt Kohli from 2019 that India limits testing conformity to five main places, followed by a model used by England and Australia to maintain a character and participation in format.
Even some of the equally corresponding competitions-likes are the Indian domestic series against England and Australia in recent years-SE has been trying to attract sales crowds at test points across the country.
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Published:
Akshay Ramesh
Published on:
October 10, 2025
Tune
