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After Balakot strike, josh is high for fans as they fight for Indo-Pak World Cup match tickets

Speed News Desk | Updated on: 19 March 2019, 13:24 IST
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The tickets for 2019 World Cup will go on sale from March 21. The biggest festival of ODI cricket will take place in England and the stadiums there are small. There will be a lot of fight for tickets as fans will be looking to get hold of one. Matches between India and Pakistan is always a full house and since the escalation between the two nations the fans are dying to see their favorite team fight against their arch rival.

India and Pakistan will play against each other on June 16 in Old Trafford, Manchester. The sitting capacity of the stadium is 25,000 and the contenders for the tickets are more than 4,00,000 fans. So it would be interesting to see how the fans will react after they will be left with no other option but to watch the match on television. There is one more interesting point to note that there are more contenders for the tickets of India-Pakistan match than the finals of the World Cup.


There are 8 lakh tickets for sale in this World Cup but more than 30 lakh people are up for grab, which means that most of them will have to go empty handed.

The 2019 World Cup starts on May 30, with England and South Africa playing the opener of the tournament. Team India will also play their series opener against South Africa on June 6. England and India are going into the tournament as everyone’s favorite.

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First published: 19 March 2019, 13:24 IST