ICC World Cup 2023: BCCI set to release 14,000 tickets for India vs Pakistan

The Board of Cricket Council India BCCI is set to release 14000 tickets for the India vs Pakistan League match to be held in Ahmedabad on October 14The sale of tickets for the match will commence from 12 PM IST onwards on October 8 2023Also Read ICC World Cup 2023 South Africa shouldve been clinical in win over Sri Lanka says Temba BavumaThe absence of spectators in the opening games of the 2023 World Cup drew speculation over crowd presence in the stadium On Thursday there was little interest in the World Cup 2023 opening between the reigning champions England and the winners of the 2019 tournament New ZealandAs Jos Buttler and Tom Lathams teams took the pitch in the afternoon the Narendra Modi Stadium was mostly emptyThis is not the first time that the BCCI has faced in the runup to the World Cup BCCI changed dates for as many as 9 matches right ahead of the tournament adding to mass confusionAround hundred days before the events commencement on June 27 the 2023 World Cup schedule was first made public as compared to the 2018 World Cup where the fixtures were made public more than a year in advanceThe schedule then went through additional adjustments as many hosting associations expressed reservations over a clash of the matches with other important events in the cityThe fixture list was finally amended on August 9 about a month and a half after the first announcement and with less than two months until the first game of the tournament scheduled for October 5Then came the announcement that August 24 will see Mastercard holders access tickets for nonIndia games and a day later to the general public August 29 to September 3 was the time where fans ndash both with and without Mastercard ndash could aim for buying India match ticketsOn September 6 the BCCI announced that further 400000 tickets will be up for sale for all matches something which hadnrsquot been mentioned previously It also added that fans will be notified of the further sale of tickets in the next phase in due course with no clarity on the dates around it adding more fuel to the planning not being great for the World CupBookmyshow was also made to release extra tickets for the tournament after the website crashed initially and many complained of massive queues for online ticketsAll the eyes will be on Ahmedabad as India takes on Pakistan on October 14 The two sides have met seven times in the ODI World Cup with the Men in Blue coming out on top all seven timesRohit Sharmas men will be out to clinch the third World Cup title for India while Pakistan will be eying their first World Cup triumph since 1992