Even before the first ball of the 10th edition of the cricket World Cup is bowled, tickets for the Ahmedabad quarterfinal are out of stock.
If you are planning to watch your favourite Team India play their quarterfinal match (should they make it there) at Motera Stadium on March 24, think again. Except disappointment, you may get nothing unless you are close to influential persons.
Even before the first ball of the 10th edition of the cricket World Cup is bowled, tickets for the Ahmedabad quarterfinal are out of stock.
Team India, who are expected to reach the knockouts without much hassle, will play their quarterfinal at Motera stadium. So, many cricket fans in the city will be eager to buy tickets for the match, but the online ticket-booking website flashes an alert, ‘Phase 1 tickets sold out’.
However, Gujarat Cricket Association, which will look after the retail outlets, has no clue about the number of tickets sold online.
“We don’t know how many tickets have been sold. The organisers will share the info in the later stage. At present, I can just say that we have enough tickets of the league fixtures. We are going to open the ticket window at Motera stadium four days prior to the match,” said a GCA top official.
Australia-Zimbabwe encounter on February 21 will be a day-night affair while Zimbabwe-New Zealand tie on March 4 will be a day game.
The official capacity of the historic stadium is 48,000. For the league matches, price of tickets ranges from Rs100 to Rs3,000.
The official, who was not willing to be named, further said that the quarterfinal tickets won’t be available in bulk. “That will be India’s knockout match. Obviously, the organisers will certainly keep cards close to their chests,” added the official, hinting that the tickets will be available but you need to have good contacts.
As per the World Cup 2011 rules, if the hosts-Sri Lanka, India and Bangladesh -make it to the knockout stage, they will play their respective matches on home grounds irrespective of where they finish in their group.
But if two of the host nations draw each other in the knockout round, the team placed higher in the pre-tournament seeding -announced a year ago-will get the advantage.
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