Cricket Special Report: Can BCCI handle the World Cup?- ICC World Cup 2011
India and the BCCI suffered yet another setback in the face of a ticket fiasco that has irked the spectators and commentators alike.
If the factors of tickets non-availability do not irk you enough, the Indian hosts of the World Cup have other options lined up to push your buttons, until you can barely mute the angry feelings building up in your mind and fists.
A good example would be the food shortage that was induced during the match between http://www.senore.com/Cricket/South-Africa-c757, by the efficient police men of Feroz Shah Kotla. The food got spoiled and went to waste because the trucks carrying food packs were stopped
from entering the stadium gates and returned, while the food-starved fans satiated their pangs of hunger by the performance of the playing teams. Their taste buds were denied the savoury of Indian specialties of samosas and patties.
On the other hand, the famous sports commentator, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Geoffrey-Boycott-c58776, also faced trouble with the security officers. The poor man has suffered from throat cancer and cannot afford to eat the spicy Indian foods, yet he was not being allowed to take his lunch
along. After all, when it comes to their duty, the security officers in this part of the world are very efficient and do not give any extra favours to celebrities or other famous people. Bureaucrats and influential politicians are however, an exception. One
may wonder why there are security issues and instability in this region even in the presence of such
competent police men.
'I want to speak to the general or the brigadier, whoever's in charge, 'cause I'm taking my bloody sandwiches in', said an annoyed, Geoffrey Boycott.
Imagine the mental state of the food caterers who brought with them huge stocks of snacks hoping to find some lucrative business in serving the huge crowds of cricket-crazy Indians.
"Our vehicles were all accredited, but only two of them came in and one was turned back…We were not allowed to bring anything in. The food was all cooked, but it all spoiled”, said a catering manager at the World Cup venue.
The spectators were dissatisfied and there were issues with matters of security. The scanner failed to read the barcode on the passes allotted to the media personnel. Where were the preparations that should have been made weeks ago? The organizers made a
mockery out of the entire World Cup saga and this is not the first time such blunders have been made. If our frolicking mind allows us to go down the memory lane, we would recall the time a pedestrian bridge collapsed right before the start of the Commonwealth
games, because it was made from substandard materials.
Ultimately, the entire episode of goof-ups and blunders turned into a childish blame game, with the ICC accusing the Indian authorities and the DDCA officials putting the blame on ICC. One expects to see a streamlined management of operations at international
events of such magnitude. The Indian organizers failed to deliver knowing the size of the responsibility entrusted to them.
The stupefying levels of mismanagement demonstrated by http://www.senore.com/Cricket/India-c750 in hosting the World Cup event have given the term a whole new meaning. What has been done cannot be undone but one can just hope that the Indian organizers would learn to handle such easily manageable
matters in the future, otherwise the resilient, cricket lovers would continue to bear the brunt of the incompetence of those in authority.
Is the ICC game enough to take those responsible for this mess to task? This remains to be the million dollar question.
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