IPL 2021: Business nosedives for Chepauk’s famous sports stores without spectators
The Hindu
Amid a raging pandemic and voices of dissent, the IPL continues. However, there is a slightly stranger case to be made for the people and businesses that depend on cricket...
Public disquiet over IPL games continuing to be held whilst bodies pile up at crematoriums across the country has been growing louder on social media. Cricket diehards will not make that case, however; they call it “a distraction” amid the din. Nevertheless, it has been a strange season off the pitch, especially for the over two dozen sports good stores on Wallajah Road, which leads to the MA Chidambaram Stadium in Chepauk. The road and the insides of these stores, much like the galleries at the stadium, are deserted these days.
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