It was a perfect merry time, the Mayday as it was, Raipurians of all age group converged at Shaheed Veer Narayan Singh International Cricket Stadium to enjoy the clash of titans - Delhi Daredevils and Kolkata Knight Riders. The spectators shouting names of their favourite team was a common view.
Rajiv Dewangan a student of BE at Sri Sankaracharay Engineering College said that he was waiting to see the match for quite some time. “I had come to Stadium during its opening in 2008 and was expecting that very soon an international cricket match would be played here,” said Dewangan.
Beerendra Sharma who travelled all the way from steel city Bhilai to see the match said that this was his first visit to the Veer Narayan Singh Cricket Stadium and was quite impressed to see the infrastructure built over here. “Anyone visiting the stadium would say that Naya Raipur is developing city,” opined Sharma.
Several others who reached the International Cricket Stadium with a wish to see their favourite bollywood star Shahrukh Khan were quite disappointed by his absence.
Uday Sahu another youth of Raipur was of the view that the new stadium will promote cricket in state. The successful organisation of IPl match will definitely pave the way for more Cricket tournaments in state. This will definitely provide good chance for the youth of state and it is quite possible that in near future youths of state will be seen playing in International Tournaments.
Ashutosh Singh a businessman who had come with his family said this IPl has proved a good event to enjoy with family. Face colour artists, flag sellers and T shirt vendors also had a good business time.
A flag seller told this reporter that he had travelled all the way from Kolkata to sell flags. Busy in bargaining with customers he said during these few hours he could make two to three thousands.