India vs Pakistan World Cup 2023 Tickets Finally Sold Out, But Not Before 'This' Happened

ICC Cricket World Cup 2023: The pre-sale of tickets for the last batch of India matches at Ahmedabad went on sale on Sunday, September 3 at 8 pm.

The India vs Pakistan match was the last of the ICC World Cup 2023 matches for which the tickets went on sale today.

Just like yesterday, when tickets for the India vs South Africa match were sold out in a minute, a frustrating incident happened today where fans were unable to book tickets for the IND-PAK match after they went live on the BookMyShow platform. Eager fans who were keen to land a World Cup ticket for the all-important India vs Pakistan match were left disappointed as many of them were put in a '2 hour' waiting queue and were not getting added to the booking slot even after 30 minutes of being in the queue.

Here is the message that flashed on many people's screens when they clicked on the book option.

The message on the BookMyShow platform stated 'Due to high demand, users are being added to the queue.'

Many sincere fans who stood in the queue were later flashed with another message which stated the following,

'There are limited seats available and we are experiencing a very high demand currently. There is a congestion ahead on the booking flow as others are processing their seats. We request your cooperation and patience. Thank you!'

After around 40 minutes of the India Pakistan tickets going live on the platform, the screens of many users were refreshed with the following screen which showed that tickets have been sold out.

Here are some reactions from X (formerly Twitter) where fans shared their disappointment of not getting pushed up the order in the queue when the booking started.

The ticket sales for three India matches (India vs New Zealand, India vs England and India vs Sri Lanka) which began in a phase-wise manner from 8 pm onwards on Friday, September 1 had also seen the tickets being sold out within minutes of going live on the BookMyShow platform.

Many fans have been questioning BookMyShow and BCCI as to how the tickets have been sold out so fast despite their sincere efforts of trying to book it on time.

To address these concerns BookMyShow shared a response, here's what it said

Ticket prices for the India vs Pakistan match on Sunday, October 14 at Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad begin from Rs 2000.

BCCI had segregated the India match ticket sales for all other users (non-MasterCard) in a phase-wise manner. The tickets are being sold in different phases as mentioned below.

• India matches at Guwahati and Trivandrum: August 30 from 8 PM IST onwards.

• India matches at Chennai, Delhi and Pune: August 31 from 8 PM IST onwards.

• India matches at Dharamsala, Lucknow and Mumbai: September 1 from 8 PM IST onwards.

• India matches at Bengaluru and Kolkata: September 2 from 8 PM IST onwards.

• India match at Ahmedabad: September 3 from 8 PM IST onwards.

The headline was modified to reflect the sold-out option displayed for India vs Pakistan match.