Monday 28 March 2011

The Legendary Battle- The Clash of the TITANS




"Napoleon left with 170,000 men ,
Julius Caesar lead a war with 50,00 loyal men,
Adolf Hitler manifested an army of 18 million,
On the 30th of March we about to see the biggest battle yet, where one little master will lead an army of 1.1 billion onto the battlefield. If the event and its outcomes arent mentioned in 2012s 10 std history books, we know the indian education board isnt doing their job" - Taken from Taras Patel's Wall.



It all comes to 30th March 2011, ICC World Cup 2011 India Vs Pakistan Semi-Finals. 
Year 1947 separated these two countries and after 64 years, these two will come down together to one ground to fight for respect, to fight for THE CUP THAT MATTERS.


Even Wikipedia mentions "The Indian and Pakistani cricket team have been long-time arch rivals and their rivalry is considered one of the most intense sports rivalries in the world". The senior cricketer Ravi Shastri said that “India vs Pakistan. The semi final clash would be the mother of all matches”


If you ask how intense it gets, here are some stats which will showcase the intensity of this match.
During any other match of world cup, the average cost for a 10 seconds advertisement is Rs 3 Lakhs to 5 Lakhs. But, during the EPIC battle of India and Pakistan, it increases to a WOOPING amount of Rs 13 Lakhs to 15 LAKHS. Too much for just a match? Yes? NO! consider this fact, An India-Pakistan cricket match has been estimated to attract up to one hundred million television viewers according to well respected TV ratings firm Initiative. So if we do the maths, it comes down to Rs 15* per 1000 viewers. Now that's cheap.
Fans, fanatics around the globe already started their travels to watch the match and hotel rooms 25Kms away from the town are reserved early. Now lets talk about the tickets of the match, The Tickets for the Mohali Semi-final match between India Vs. Pakistan in the black market with the hike of 10% to 50% on the regular price. Last Quarter Final Cricket of India Vs. Australia were played in the Ahmedabad Sardar Vallabhbhai Stadium. The tickets for the quarter final were sold in few hours. Last ICC Cricket world cup tickets were sold in the black prices are:
  • 100 Rs Tickets were sold in 1500 INR
  • 150 Rs. Tickets were sold in 3000 INR
  • 800 Rs. Tickets were sold in 5000 INR
  • 1500 Rs. Tickets were sold in 8000 INR to 25000 INR 
If this was the situation in INDIA VS AUSTRALIA, then think how much it will go in India Vs Pakistan.

If we talk about past, India and Pakistan has come across 4 times in world cup, and all the time India has beaten Pakistan.

Will Dhoni's team do it? Will India trash Pakistan out of world cup and raise the CUP? 

Will little master-blaster show Akhtar exit door? 



Inshah-allah!! 
The answer will unfold on 30th of March.



1 comment:

  1. you really write good ..i like it ...and reading this article I think you have done some search to get those numbers..nice :)

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