Demand for tickets for the India-Pakistan match in the T20 World Cup exceeded. Due to political hostility, India and Pakistan cricket teams have not faced each other in bilateral series for more than a decade. Therefore, cricket enthusiasts eagerly await clashes between these perennial rivals in the World Cup or Asia Cup, like thirsty birds longing for rain. The demand for tickets for this match is higher than any other match.
The upcoming T20 World Cup is no exception. The clamor for tickets to watch the India-Pakistan match at the stadium has already begun. The ninth edition of the T20 World Cup will begin on June 1 in the West Indies and the United States. The countdown began yesterday, with 100 days left in the tournament. Advance ticket booking started even earlier. With most lucrative matches, ICC tends to keep India and Pakistan in the same group, as they did this time as well. It will be held on June 9 at Nassau County Stadium in New York. Although the venue’s capacity is 34,000, more than 200 times the number of tickets have been requested, according to ICC.
This time, ICC had arranged advance ticket sales through public balloting. Thirty million people from 161 countries applied. The last day to buy unsold tickets was yesterday, the first day of the T20 World Cup. Of the 16 matches to be played at three venues in the United States, tickets for 9 have already been sold. Naturally, the demand for tickets for the India-Pakistan match was the highest. ICC is delighted with the enthusiasm of cricket lovers surrounding the T20 World Cup and the India-Pakistan match. Brett Jones, CEO of the organizing committee in the United States, told AFP, “The India-Pakistan match in the World Cup is such a match that everyone is highly interested in. Both teams are coming to play in the United States, which is very exciting. The demand for tickets is fantastic. We saw a huge demand for tickets in the ballot process. People from all over the world are coming here to see the world’s best players in action. I think people here have already started celebrating this.”
