World Cup 2023: India-Pakistan match tickets sold out within minutes, fans cry foul

Demand for the ICC World Cup tickets has skyrocketed as fans have been waiting for the window to open. India will solely host the World Cup for the first time in history and both BCCI and ICC are trying to leave no stone unturned to make this event a grand spectacle.

3 things you need to know

• India will open their World Cup encounter against Australia on 8th October
• India will take on pakistan on 14th October in Ahmedabad
• each team will play nine round robin matchjes in the initial stage

Tickets of India vs Pakistan sold out witihin minutes

The early sale of a limited number of tickets for India's World Cup matches went live from Tuesday evening on BookMyShow but fans found it difficult to undergo the whole process smoothly.

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While there will be another round of general sale for the India-Pakistan match on September 3, there is a chance that there would be a complete sell-out within hours, like it happened on Tuesday for all the Mastercard holders.
The Men in Blue are scheduled to face their archrival Pakistan on 14th October and this particular fixture has grabbed attention since the announcement of the fixture.

It couldn't be confirmed as to how many tickets were put online during the pre-sale window for all India matches and the warm-up games but it has been learnt that, after the sales opened at 6 pm IST, within an hour, all tickets on the day were exhausted.

Fans furious as ticketing site showed long waiting period

The website crashed within minutes of opening and fans galore in order to take advantage of the early opening of the ticketing window. But most of them had to come empty handed as the site crashed and there were long waiting periods on the website.
BCCI, ICC and BookMyShow were slammed as Indian supporters couldn't get their hand on tickets.

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The 'Book My Show' website put a 'Sold Out' caption on the Pakistan game, which wasn't the case for the other eight India games.

"Today it was only for those who owned a Mastercard (credit or debit, India and international). Only two tickets per person was allotted and naturally, the tickets put on pre-sale were bought by fans within an hour.

"However it is expected that another round will happen on September 3. The best part is that Narendra Modi Stadium has 132,000 capacity, so reasonable number of tickets could be expected to be put on sale on September 3," a BCCI source privy to the development told PTI on the condition of anonymity.

(With PTI inputs)