Srinagar: In a bizarre and eye opening report, it is being claimed that India vs Pakistan World Cup 2023 match tickets are selling at whopping Rs 19,00,000 online while as other India match tickets are also available at very high prices.
The Cricket Next report said that a South Premium West Bay ticket for India vs Pakistan 2023 World Cup contest in Ahmedabad is being sold at Rs 19,51,580 each (shipping and home delivery extra) on viagogo, a “global online platform for sport tickets”.
“While the tickets for the marquee clash had waiting queues of over 6 hours and were sold out within minutes on official ticketing partner Bookmyshow.com, viagogo is still has over 100 tickets available,” Cricket Next report said.
“Since the tickets for India vs Pakistan are now “sold out”, we checked the same seats for a England vs New Zealand game at the Narendra Modi Stadium on October 5. The price was only Rs 6,000 for South Premium West Bay and there were cheaper options of Rs 1,000, Rs 1,500, Rs 2,000 and Rs 3,000, report further said.
“The price range of tickets on viagogo at the same venue for India vs Pakistan starts from Rs 66,000 and goes well over Rs 19,00,000. CricketNext has been tracking the portal for a few days and the price range continues to fluctuate with the availability, the number of which hasn’t been constant,” CricketNext report further said.
We checked prices of tickets for other India fixtures too and saw tickets for India vs England fixture in Lucknow at a starting price of Rs 2,34,632.
The starting price of India vs Afghanistan at Arun Jaitley Stadium is Rs 38,877, for one of the cheaper East Stand. It swells to a whopping Rs 2,34,622 for “Section: Category A”.
Tickets for India vs Australia match in Chennai have a starting price of Rs 31,340 and go on till Rs 9,31,295.