ON Thursday night, Wales face India in Pool D's final match. If this was a boxing bout, it wouldn't even go ahead for the sides belong in different weight classes. Wales, World Cup debutants and rookies, are flyweights. India, veterans and 15-time participants, are super heavyweights.
Off the field, the inequality becomes all the more galling. They will play at the Kalinga Stadium, a venue that can house 15000 (Wales' national stadium has seats for around 200). While Indian players are housed in state-of-the-art facilities in Bengaluru, Bhubaneswar or, from this year, Rourkela, Welsh players have to consider something more fundamental. Raising more than a 1000 pounds (roughly 1 lakh) every year.
Less than 24 hours after the mismatch in Bhubaneswar, another mismatch will take place, this time in Rourkela: South Af rica vs Australia. While the Australian players can rely on the support of the government for travel, the South Africans who have come here have had to pay approximately 50,000 rand (2.39 lakh approx).
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