The Bangladesh Premier League (BPL) finally got its soul yesterday
when a large crowd arrived at the Zahur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium after
the disappointing turnouts in Dhaka.
Fans thronged the port city
stadium to enjoy cricket, wave flags and wear the colours of their
respective teams and gathered in front of the ticket counters since
early noon.
Although there were a few hundreds empty seats during
the first match between Sylhet Royals and Khulna Royal Bengal Tigers,
the stands filled the stands to the brim before the start of the second
game that involved home team Chittagong Kings and Duranto Rajshahi.
Tahmina
Akhter, an official of a private bank, came with five family members to
enjoy the matches. “I could not enjoy any match of World Cup as I could
not get any ticket and the cost of the tickets was also very high,” she
said. "I am feeling good as I have got the opportunity to enjoy the T20
match and got the tickets for only Tk 200."
"It is the first time
we are enjoying T20 match in this [Zahur Ahmed Chowdhury] stadium so we
expect Chittagong Kings through their performances fill up the
expectation of the cricket fans like us," she added.
BPL
governing council secretary Sirajuddin Mohammad Alamgir said, "if same
audiences enjoy several matches in the same venue it would bring
pressure financially to the audiences and it might be monotonous to
them."
Keeping the interest of cricket fans, they lessened the
price of tickets so that they could be able to enjoy the matches and
encourage their favorite team, he added.
Alamgir expects Chittagong fans with their presence would make the tournament lively during this week's matches. 
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