Spectators largely stayed away on Saturday from Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel International Hockey stadium here in Chhattisgarh capital which witnessed four cracking matches of Hero Hockey World league Final-2015 on the second day of the high-profile tournament.
Only a few dozen spectators were seen in three matches while crowd swelled in only at the India-Germany match which was the third match of the day which began at 6.30 pm.
Despite cheaper tickets price and massive media coverage at local level and all out efforts by Chhattisgarh Government to make the tournament highly successful, spectators failed to make their presence felt at 3500-odd sitting capacity stadium.
Though crowd swelled in at 6.30 pm to cheer the Indian team which put up a much improved performance against the higher ranked Germany team and match ended in 1-1 draw though India dominated the game.
The home team had lost the opening encounter on Friday at 3-0 against Argentina.