New Delhi: IPL Commissioner Lalit Modi believes Indian fans, travelling to South Africa to watch the DLF-IPL tournament there, have it in them to not only mingle with the home fans but also convert them into fans of Indian cricket.
"It's very difficult but it’s also very important for the (Indian) fans to mingle with and convert the South African fans into the Indian team fans. Indian fans will be able to do that," Modi told CNN-IBN in an interview.
Mr Modi, also Board of Control for Cricket in India Vice-President, said IPL was receiving good response from several countries, including those in the middle-east. "From the middle-east we have four hundred booking already confirmed. There are packages for Australians coming in to watch the tournament. It's great interest from all over the world," he said.
"There are quite a few good responses. We have got 600 confirmed bookings and out of that from India itself we have over a few hundred bookings. There are airlines who are putting in packages to come in and kept aside few thousand tickets for Indian fans," Mr Modi said, even as South Africa is bracing up for second edition of DLF-Indian Premier League.
"It's very difficult but it’s also very important for the (Indian) fans to mingle with and convert the South African fans into the Indian team fans. Indian fans will be able to do that," Modi told CNN-IBN in an interview.
Mr Modi, also Board of Control for Cricket in India Vice-President, said IPL was receiving good response from several countries, including those in the middle-east. "From the middle-east we have four hundred booking already confirmed. There are packages for Australians coming in to watch the tournament. It's great interest from all over the world," he said.
"There are quite a few good responses. We have got 600 confirmed bookings and out of that from India itself we have over a few hundred bookings. There are airlines who are putting in packages to come in and kept aside few thousand tickets for Indian fans," Mr Modi said, even as South Africa is bracing up for second edition of DLF-Indian Premier League.
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