[Shingara]

There was a long walk to the gates and a huge queue outside. People had arrived with duplicate tickets. Bags were also thoroughly checked.


The stadium was packed.
Most were Indians cheering for their expat Indian+Pakistani Omani team. All stewards were Pakistanis.

Sitting at the front was a mistake. People kept walking in front for food & drinks or toilet breaks.
The Indian DJ needed a slap. He kept playing Indian songs. Only once did we hear Char chokka hoi hoi. He was also repeatedly asking the spectators to do mexican waves ( everyone ignored him ) and asking the crowd in Hindi - Jeetega bhai jeetaga, koun jitega ?
There were also some Omani singers and dancers near us who kept performing non-stop for the whole match!


There was a short innings break and everyone rushed for food & drinks. These Indians were not queuing up and everyone was rushing in to place their orders.


There was a fight few rows behind us and the drone was fixated on that fight. We are not sure what happened but the police led away couple of people. Those of us sitting at the front were told to keep it down as a family few rows behind us did not like it when we cheered for the BD team.


Almost all the Bangladeshis who came were sromiks and it's impressive how they spent so much money and came with flags and kit to support our team. Does our lacklustre team care about them ?




The highlight of the match for me was when Shoriful was running to the batsmen in the middle with a few water bottles and this guy behind me yelled PANIIIII as if he was dying of thirst. Shoriful was so shocked that he stood still , looked at the guy and threw him a bottle of water.


I am still trying to find myself in the crowd from the recordings of the live telecast.