Asia Cup 2023: Pakistan wanted to organize the entire tournament in its own country. The Asia Cup being played between 6 countries has started. Its first match was organized between Pakistan and Nepal.
After 15 years, a major tournament match was organized in Pakistan, hence PCB was hopeful that the public would participate openly in it. But this did not happen.
Very less number of people reached the stadium in Multan right from the beginning due to which Pakistan, which was demanding to organize the entire tournament for a time, got badly embarrassed.
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The Pakistan Faces Disappointment
A tournament like the Asia Cup is one of the most popular multi-team tournaments in the world, but the scenes in Multan were not pleasant.
Pakistan recently regained the top spot in the ICC ODI team rankings after defeating Afghanistan 3-0, but the opening match saw a significant lack of support from Pakistani fans.
Notably, Multan is to host the only opening game of the tournament, and organizers were reportedly expecting a packed stadium with a capacity of 30,000.
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The PCB also organized an opening ceremony with popular singer Aima Baig and Nepal’s Trishala Gurung to entertain the fans, but this did not help the PCB fill the empty stands.
Pakistan has players like Babar Azam, Mohammad Rizwan, and Shaheen Afridi who are considering popular crowd-pullers in Pakistan,
However, it was clear that fans were not interesting in watching the opening game from the stadium. Many sports fans criticized the PCB for failing to attract a crowd for the opening match.
It also questioned their plans to organize the remaining games of the Asia Cup 2023 matches. Indian fans also made fun of Pakistan on social media regarding this.
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Pakistan Registered An Easy Victory
Even though spectators did not turn up in large numbers to watch the match, it did not diminish the morale of Pakistan players.
Team captain Babar Azam played a brilliant inning of 150 runs, due to which Pakistan got a huge victory against Nepal in the first match by a margin of 238 runs.
