Considering a TV Rating of 7.25%, at least 5.8 million people would have watched the match. This would have resulted in a productivity loss of 371.2 million man hours (5.8 million x 8 hours x 8 matches), apart from stress faced by mothers during exams.
I stopped reading there.
The writers of this article should get together, march to the government for stripping India of all its sports, make National participation in International events Illegal as they steal valuable study hours. Nobody cares about domestic sports here so it doesn't matter anyway.