23 billion dollars. Or 1469470000000.00 rupees as per today's rate, according to Google. Keep that number in mind. We will get back to it. Do you remember the atmosphere that greets our cricket opponents when they walk into Eden Gardens in Kolkata? The greatest cricketers of our generation all talk of how intimidating it is to be there on the field, the gladiatorial cry of 1 lakh spectators making their allegiance felt?

Can you picture it from your TV viewing memories - Eden Gardens packed to the rafters, screaming for Sourav to step down the track and deposit the insipid spinner's cricket ball into the stands? Now imagine that you have 22 such stadiums side by side? Is your mind able to draw that image of Kolkata - can you comprehend the unbelievable sound of 22 lakh spectators, screaming simultaneously "Sachiiiiin Sachin!"? You can see them all? Good. That's how many people get…