COIMBATORE: There's less than 24 hours for the World Cup to start and it's not just cricket lovers who are planning their schedules to take in all the matches. Colleges in the region too are making arrangements to screen the matches since most of them will be broadcast live during college hours.
Colleges are also making arrangements for extra televisions in the hostels for matches that begin early in the day.
India will be playing six league matches to qualify for the quarter finals, and the first encounter is with Pakistan on Sunday at 9am in Adelaide. So, fans in India will have to wake up at 4am to watch the match from the first ball. While Sunday is a holiday for colleges, students will be able to watch it at home. But, for the rest of the days the colleges are making arrangements to ensure that students don't skip classes.
Nehru Group of Institutions is planning to add televisions sets to the TV halls in the hostels. Krishna Kumar, secretary of Nehru Institutions said, "
We organized screenings of the soccer world cup last year. Since all matches were broadcast at night, we arranged for screenings in the hostels. When it comes to cricket, one cannot say no at all. So, we are organizing screening sessions in the hostels."
Sankara College of Science and Commerce is so excited about the world cup, it has distributed the schedule in the form of a pocket card to its students.
"Almost all the students on the campus have the World Cup schedule. Seeing the enthusiasm level, we have planned to organize screenings of important matches in the seminar halls," said Nithya Ramachandran, joint secretary of Sankara Institutions.
Of the six matches in Australia, three will begin at 9am, which is 4am IST. India will play Ireland and Zimbabwe in Hamilton and Auckland in New Zealand, and both matches are scheduled to begin at 6.30am local time. In India, one would have to rise at 1.30am to watch them.
"Besides organizing screening in the seminar halls during the college hours, we have arranged for screening in the hostels keeping in mind the telecast hours," said Ramachandran.
Kumaraguru College of Technology is also making plans to organize screening sessions. Shankar Vanavarayar, joint-correspondent, said, "Students are smarter than us. With smartphones, they are watching the telecast live on their mobile phones or getting live updates after the completion of every over." Despite this, they plan to screen the matches. "The delight of watching it on a big screen is a completely different experience," he said.
While some institutions are allowing the screening of World Cup matches, in other cricket is a strict no-no. A BCom student of an arts and science college on Avinashi Road said, "Our college does not organize such stuff. Students either track the updates on their mobile phones or bunk college." This student is planning to take the day off when India faces West Indies, which begins at 7am (IST) on a Friday. "What better way to start a long weekend of one's own making."
Colleges are also making arrangements for extra televisions in the hostels for matches that begin early in the day.
India will be playing six league matches to qualify for the quarter finals, and the first encounter is with Pakistan on Sunday at 9am in Adelaide. So, fans in India will have to wake up at 4am to watch the match from the first ball. While Sunday is a holiday for colleges, students will be able to watch it at home. But, for the rest of the days the colleges are making arrangements to ensure that students don't skip classes.
Nehru Group of Institutions is planning to add televisions sets to the TV halls in the hostels. Krishna Kumar, secretary of Nehru Institutions said, "
We organized screenings of the soccer world cup last year. Since all matches were broadcast at night, we arranged for screenings in the hostels. When it comes to cricket, one cannot say no at all. So, we are organizing screening sessions in the hostels."
Sankara College of Science and Commerce is so excited about the world cup, it has distributed the schedule in the form of a pocket card to its students.
"Almost all the students on the campus have the World Cup schedule. Seeing the enthusiasm level, we have planned to organize screenings of important matches in the seminar halls," said Nithya Ramachandran, joint secretary of Sankara Institutions.
Of the six matches in Australia, three will begin at 9am, which is 4am IST. India will play Ireland and Zimbabwe in Hamilton and Auckland in New Zealand, and both matches are scheduled to begin at 6.30am local time. In India, one would have to rise at 1.30am to watch them.
"Besides organizing screening in the seminar halls during the college hours, we have arranged for screening in the hostels keeping in mind the telecast hours," said Ramachandran.
Kumaraguru College of Technology is also making plans to organize screening sessions. Shankar Vanavarayar, joint-correspondent, said, "Students are smarter than us. With smartphones, they are watching the telecast live on their mobile phones or getting live updates after the completion of every over." Despite this, they plan to screen the matches. "The delight of watching it on a big screen is a completely different experience," he said.
While some institutions are allowing the screening of World Cup matches, in other cricket is a strict no-no. A BCom student of an arts and science college on Avinashi Road said, "Our college does not organize such stuff. Students either track the updates on their mobile phones or bunk college." This student is planning to take the day off when India faces West Indies, which begins at 7am (IST) on a Friday. "What better way to start a long weekend of one's own making."
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