Former Indian cricket group all-rounder Irfan Pathan had the right reply after teammate Yuvraj Singh expressed his doubts about the way forward for ODI cricket. During the third ODI encounter between India and Sri Lanka on Sunday, Yuvraj was extraordinarily disenchanted by the low turnouts on the Greenfield International Stadium in Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala. He took to Twitter to specific his views and requested his followers whether or not they really feel that ODI cricket is dying with crowd numbers taking place.

“… But concern for me half empty stadium? Is one day cricket dying?” Yuvraj wrote on Twitter.

Pathan was fast to react as he stated that Yuvraj’s return to the sector might be sufficient to draw followers.

“Bhai pads pehan lo. Aajegi jantaaa (Bro wear pads [come back playing], the crowd will come),” he stated.

Bhai pads pehan lo. Aajegi jantaaa

— Irfan Pathan (@IrfanPathan) January 15, 2023

The recently-concluded ODI sequence noticed a number of one-sided encounters with India profitable all three video games with absolute ease. On Sunday, Greenfield Stadium noticed an enormous variety of empty seats as official numbers claimed that solely 17,000 individuals turned up on the stadium with a 38,000 capability.

“We never had a half-empty stadium. There are several reasons. We don’t see much interest in ODIs nowadays,” Kerala Cricket Association media supervisor Krishna Prasad instructed PTI.

“Moreover, the series was done and dusted in Kolkata (with India taking an unassailable 2-0 lead), and with the opponents being Sri Lanka many people chose not to come to the stadium,” he added.

Only Eden Gardens noticed a crowd of over 50,000 with even Guwahati failing to promote out all of the tickets.

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