
“There are many people like me who were generally curious about IPL and wanted to know what it was about. We’ve been rooting for South African players rather than backing a team. As the tournament grows, the interest will become less,” she says.
In the run-up to the tournament, organisers had said that early tickets were sold out within minutes of going on sale. If that was correct, for some reason, a large number of ticket-holders somehow decided not to show up.