Match experience in Hyderabad's stadium.
Okay, so, BCCI is the richest cricket board in India, with review upwards of - ₹9,741.7, and they pay no tax.
I paid 2500rs for the ticket, the view is good, and obviously being an hardcore fan of SRH, the experience was crazy.
But what's up with the stadium, absolute shit, it's not even close, like literal shit, I don't understand what's the reason, why everything has to be so bad in India, like you have the money, so why not do it? why not improve the facilities, and it's not like you're subsidising the tickets for the fans, it's 2.5k on the first floor.
There's no water, i mean there's water, i mean, there are two filter cans for I don't know how many people, and water gets emptied - who fills it? No one, and the cups are distributed by one worker who stands beside that can. And people literally fighting for who gets to drink next, as you can see in the video, fingers literally going in each other's cup. I don't want to make this a civic sense issue when the bare minimum is not available.
Okay, it's fine, no free water, I'll pay, no problem, nope, no water there too, no stock, you're hiring the vendors to sell stuff at a huge margin (100rs for a water bottle, or 60 for water in a glass), there's no water there too, three people at the back of the counter, don't know what to do, stressed, people shouting at them, them shouting back, has no clue what's going on. If you're hiring people to put up stalls, and people are legit paying to so much to get stuff, what do you mean, you can't even do that properly.
Vendors walking in the stadium selling samosas, is this 2026 or 2000? And okay, sure, fine, let them sell, there're walking areas between the seating areas, aren't they, nope, they just want to walk in the sitting area rows, they'll touch your thighs, stumble, sell to people and block your view for 5 min while the match is going on.
I went to the match last year too, but it rained, for like 15 min it rained, full baarish, but nope you can't use the ground, but your ground is from 1800s with no proper drainage, so the water stays in the stadium, and match cancelled due to wet outfield. Our money, gone? cause we played for few overs no.
And at the gate? no smart watches allowed(didn't inform that in the guide), and no sunglasses are allowed, what do you mean? I am gonna throw my money on the ground for what? and there's no consistency either, this gate police says nothing, and the other gate police has a problem with sunglasses? It's 3:30 match, come on now, that's even the issue.
I can't expect a single good thing from this country, I can understand there be a lot of reason for lot of things, but here we have money, tickets get sold out in a minute, and still, where's the bare minimum. It's just hard when you experience these things because no one's gonna listen to your complaints, no one's competent enough to fix them.