India and Sri Lanka are now playing in the crucial match of Group B of World Cup Cricket 2007. If India loses today then it is the end of road for Team India and they will have to return home. That means, hardly anyone will bother about World Cup Cricket 2007. At this moment, India is not doing badly but India can lose the match too. An early Indian exit would cause a disaster for the sponsors and the business world.
Stuff.co.nz reported:
Indian media were already predicting advertising losses in the World Cup telecast if the team were knocked out this week.
Times of India newspaper quoted advertising agency sources saying a 10-second slot, which was sold between INR 250,000 ($NZ8150) to INR 350,000 ($NZ11,410) for matches involving India in the Super Eight may be forced down to less than half if the Indian team fails to qualify.
A shock defeat to Bangladesh opened the door for a possible early exit for India along with sub-continent rivals Pakistan.
Television industry will suffer a lot if India exits from World Cup Cricket 2007 today. Then, hardly any Indian would bother to remain in front of their TV sets to see Bangladesh and Sri Lanka playing in Super Eight Stage. Big companies will suffer immense loss as they have allocated a huge amount of money for promoting their products during World Cup Cricket 2007.
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