- Tuesday, January 14, 2025
By: Shubham Ghosh
India and Pakistan are set to meet in their first match in the upcoming T20 World Cup in Australia starting next month all tickets for the match have been sold out already.
The International Cricket Council (ICC) confirmed this on Thursday (15) and added that additional standing room tickets were “snapped up within minutes of going on sale”.
“The India v Pakistan fixture at the MCG on 23 October is sold out, with additional standing room tickets snapped up within minutes of going on sale. An official re-sale platform will be launched closer to the event, where fans can exchange tickets at face value,” it said.
The arch-rivals will launch their World Cup campaign against each other in Melbourne on October 23 in a Super 12 game, almost a year since they had done a similar thing in the T20 World Cup 2021 in Dubai. Pakistan had the last laugh on that occasion as they hammered the Men in Blue by 10 wickets, their first-ever win over India in a World Cup — 50 or 20-over format.
The two teams recently met twice in the Asia Cup played in the UAE where both won a game each. Pakistan made the finals but lost to Sri Lanka while India bowed out of the tournament in the Super Four stage.
“The ICC Men’s T20 World Cup 2022 is set to welcome fans of all ages and backgrounds, with over 500,000 fans already securing their place to the event that begins in one month’s time,” the ICC said in its release.
“Fans from 82 different countries have purchased tickets to watch the world’s best players from 16 international teams, marking the return of full stadiums at ICC events for the first time since the Women’s T20 World Cup in 2020, which culminated with 86,174 fans for the final at the MCG,” it added.
The upcoming world cup will kick off on October 16 with qualifiying matches. Asia Cup champions Sri Lanka will have to go through the qualifiers.
Tickets for South Africa’s match against Bangladesh and that of India and the runners-up of Group A have also been sold out, although additional tickets may be made available.
“Only a very limited number of tickets remain for Australia’s opening Super 12 fixture against New Zealand at the SCG on 22 October, the double-header featuring Pakistan v Group A runner-up and India v South Africa at Perth Stadium on 30 October, and Pakistan v South Africa at the SCG on 3 November,” the international body said.
