Is that a mass game?? where ten thousands of people goes into watch it live??
Is tennis more popular or cricket in Indian subcontinent????????????
No its a sport with only 1-2 foreign players which can be bundled into a car and dropped at a cantonment's tannins court where elite watch it that consists of army personals and their families.
But in cricket the hassles and threat is real as:
- Cricket is more popular then tennis, so its easy to hide tennis schedule as terrorists don't care for it or even don't know wht the heck is tennis.
But they know about cricket and as cricket schedule is discussed in open terrorists can easily plan for it.
- Ten thousands of general public will go to the stadium (security at a big stadium, checking of general public and the traffic jam etc. are the areas where terrorists can sneak in)
- The stadiums are at various locations across different cities
- cricket team can't be bundled in a car as it consists of tens of players+support staff thus requiring a bus to take them.
- And a Bus is many times bigger target then a car, a bus can't be zipped off like a car, a bus is more visible and easily singled out etc. etc.
In the end its different from organizing a small event and a big serious like cricket that are popular in Indian subcontinent.
