Cricket World Cup is almost there, this time the venues are in Australia and New Zealand. If you've got money, you probably have started making arrangements but for the middle class folks TV is the only resort to catch all the action. Even if you go out on the streets and ask the passersby, you'll be getting a 50-50 reaction to both the modes. Let's see what are the different pros and cons between catching a cricket match live vs watching it on TV:
1. Application of Efforts
To catch a game live you need to pull in great efforts, like spending on tickets, colorful t-shirts and banners, may be a vuvuzela. While for watching it live on TV, all you need is a ....good TV and a equally good connection.
Winner: TV2. Traveling Requirement
To catch a game in a stadium you actually need to drive all the way, overcoming hours of traffic jams. While the only traveling you would do while watching the same match on TV is from your couch to your fridge or kitchen.
Winner: TV3. Weather Conditions
While watching a match in a stadium you might face disturbances in weather. Rainfall is mostly experienced during cricket games. You have to keep an umbrella handy or find a good place to squeeze in with the rest of the crowd under a shade thinking
"Why did I pick this day to watch a game! Why?" While it hardly matters when you're at home. Even if the electricity goes off, you still have an inverter to back you up. So no interruptions at all! Until it's not a hurricane alert.
Winner: TV4. Chances of Appearing on The Screen
You never know when you might be lucky and one of the stadium camera crew focuses on you. And you phone starts ringing..
"Oye tujhe abi TV pe dekha tha!!". At home, you're the one calling your friends, oye tujhe abhi.... So.
Winner: Stadium5. Chances of Meeting a Celeb
Seeing your favorite celebrity live in the stadium is a once in a life experience, who knows you might get to shake hands with them or catch a ball. And the luxury of checking in on Facebook or even getting a selfie, adds to your social media klout score! At home you only go about cribbing like
"What is so crazy about them" or
"huh! I don't give a damn, winning is important"Winner: Stadium6. Overdressing and Undressing
In a stadium (that too an Indian) chances are that either you will be enjoyed by others or thrown out if you dress obscurely. While at home you're a king of your kingdom - watch it the way you like man!!
Winner: TV7. Viewing Angle
You might get a seat in the farthest spot from the center in a stadium, which can actually create viewing problems. You can only trust the large screens in the stadium, but what if you're not just in the right angle! At Home, on your 42" Television screen, you can sync whatever Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli say on pitch.
Winner: TV
8. Nature Calls
At a stadium (seeing that the shortest versions are at least 3 hours long) in case you urgently need to attend nature's calls, you have to do some searching to locate the loo. While at home, you can take the match with you to the loo!
Winner: TV9. Energy
The vibe and energy that you get in a stadium is simply incomparable. There are almost hundreds and thousands of equally mad cricket fans with you, who instantly create a spark that you start rooting, hooting and cheering for your side. That ever happened at home? Naah
Winner: Stadium10. Sports Spirit
Inside a stadium you're brimming with the sports spirit. Seeing those wild animals do synchronized slogan hooting and that ear deafening noise is more than enough to just make you go gaga over the match. It will be days until you don't stop raving about the excitement! At home you excitement ends after putting that Facebook status or tweeting about it.
Winner: StadiumWe hope that this comparison done on a light note doesn't change your outlook towards the game. Cricket fans please continue your awesomeness both on and off air. It's you because of whom the match gets more interesting. The World Cup is coming, keep cheering!!!