Indian fans demand Champions Trophy relocation to Pakistan after empty Dubai stadium

In India when Indian team was playing a match with Bangladesh in Dubai, Indian fans protest against ICC insisting that champions trophy should be shifted in pakistan.

As the game progressed the fans lashed on to social media to express their disappointment in the lack of a crowd and also the future of ODI format. Some people argued that the same thing pointed to the fact that many people were not so enthusiastic to watch the game in the Champions Trophy.

Is it possible that the events are no longer to be hosted in places like Dubai and the West Indies but only in countries that have more follower ship like India South Africa England Australia and New Zealand.

One user only regretted no people in the stadium in Dubai and urged Micky Arthur to take all the matches to Pakistan saying that there is still time still to do this.

A few fans have been particularly critical about the ODI format some going to an extent of categorizing the champions trophy as the last, hence should not be played again. They urged the organization to switch to T-20 format or, if ODIs are to be retained, to confine the game to 40 overs.

Another personality who raised concern on the same day was Lalit Modi, the first chairman of the Indian Premier League, and who pointed to the lack of people in the stands as well as at the decreased interest in the One-Day format among the fans.

He tweeted, while posting a comment at around 9-46 p.m on 28 th Oct 2014, “Watching the @ICC #ChampionsTrophy cricket match #India Vs #Bangladesh. Stands are empty. This would not be possible in an #IPL match. Should the cricket boards and authorities pay attention to the fact that one-day format may be fading away from the interest of the fans? What’s your view? Quoting this article, the questions are: ‘Should more one-day cricket be played and one-day cricket be done away with?

But it should be noted that Pakistan will be hosting the Champions trophy 2025 while all of India’s games of the current series are in Dubai.