The only surprised one in the Indian camp, however, is the star batter Virat Kohli, according to Indian spinner Ravichandran Ashwin. Indian and Bangladesh started their first Test match in Chennai on Friday. Though the crowd was light at the beginning, more spectators gradually filled the stadium later in the day. Ashwin, while speaking to the media recently reacted to the low turnout in initial and went to the extent of relating it to the fans not getting tickets easily. He observed that as many of the viewers were not sure of the day five final result, they were opting for day pass rather than a season ticket, which resulted in huge queues outside the stadium. This is why so many had reached after lunch at the latest on this particular day.

Less Audience In Chennai Test

“The ground was completely empty on the first day. I was wondering why the ground was so empty on Day 1. Virat Kept telling me that no one was coming to watch the Test match. But from that moment, there was a huge crowd. I wanted to ask you why so many people struggled to buy tickets?” Ashwin asked former cricketer and commentator Ashwath Bobo on his YouTube Channel.

“Initially, when ticket sales used to happen, they used to call it a season ticket or a day ticket. A season ticket is when you get it punched on Day 1 and you can come back for 5 days with same ticket. Many people were afraid that the match would not go on till the 4th or 5th day. So everyone had an ambiguity to buy the season ticket. So when they come to buy the day ticket, the crowd was huge. The crowd was from the Pavillion to the Pattabiram Gate,” Ashwath said.

“So it was just one counter?” Ashwin asked.

“Yes there was just one counter. There were a lot of problems. When I came, there was a huge crowd in that line. But when I came, as you said, the crowd was scattered on Day 1. So, many people struggled to buy the day ticket. But as you said, yesterday was Saturday and crowd was huge. On Sunday, the crowd was there till the end of the presentation,” Ashwath replied.

Ravichandran Ashwin performed outstandingly well as he bagged 6 wickets, this also marked his 37th five-wicket haul. Ashwin even scored a magnificent century.