ICC WORLD CUP 2023
Tickets for India games will be made available in a phased manner © Getty
The hosts and governing bodies of the World Cup, the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) and the International Cricket Council (ICC), have decided to release tickets for non-India games before making India game tickets accessible. This approach, it is understood, arises from concerns that the ticketing website might experience crashes if online counters for all games are simultaneously opened. This potential issue largely stems from the immense demand for India’s matches.
This scenario is not without precedent. In the preceding edition of the 50-over World Cup held in England in 2019, the demand for tickets to India’s matches was so overwhelming that technical glitches caused the website to crash. The substantial influx of fans attempting to access the website resulted in its malfunctioning.
An insider shared, “The staggered sale approach is designed to handle the expected surge in demand efficiently. It’s the most effective way to manage the system for the benefit of the fans.”
In a recent statement, the ICC explained that to accommodate the anticipated demand for tickets and to ensure a fair opportunity for as many fans as possible to witness the world’s premier players in action, ticket sales would occur in phases.
For the India games, tickets for matches against Australia in Chennai (on October 8), Afghanistan in Delhi (on October 11), and Bangladesh in Pune (on October 19) will be made available on August 31, prior to the complete sale of tickets for non-India games. Among the remaining sis India games, tickets for the New Zealand match in Dharamsala (on October 22), the England match in Lucknow (on October 29), and the Sri Lanka match in Mumbai (on November 2) can be accessed on September 2.
Tickets for the matches against South Africa in Kolkata (on November) and the Netherlands in Bengaluru (on November) will be offered on September 2. Lastly, for the highly anticipated India-Pakistan clash in Ahmedabad on October 14, tickets will be up for grabs on September 3. Fans have been encouraged to register for tickets beginning August 15.
Despite queries, Book My Show, the ticketing partner, did not provide any response regarding this strategy of staggered and phased sale.
Timeline for the ticket sale:
August 25: Non-India warm-up matches and all non-India event matches
August 30: India matches at Guwahati and Trivandrum
August 31: India matches at Chennai, Delhi, and Pune
September 1: India matches at Dharamsala, Lucknow, and Mumbai
September 2: India matches at Bengaluru, Kolkata
September 3: India match at Ahmedabad
September 15: Semifinals and Final
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