A lot of Indian fans are eagerly waiting for October 24, 2021, a date on which India and Pakistan will be locking horns with each other in the T20 World Cup 2021 at the Dubai International Cricket Stadium. The match will be the first game for both the teams in the marquee event. The tickets went on sale recently and as expected, all of them were sold in a matter of hours.
Earlier there was speculation where the two teams would get to play in front of the crowds due to COVID restrictions. However, on Monday, the International Cricket Council (ICC) informed that the tournament is scheduled to be played in presence of 70% capacity in the stands. The capacity of Dubai International Cricket stadium is 25,000, which means around 18,500 fans will be witnessing teh game from the stadium during the T20 World Cup.
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There is a lot of hype around a game between the arch-rivals, this time there is even more. This will be the first time India and Pakistan will be locking horns with each other in T20 cricket since 2016, which was also a World Cup and the game took place in Kolkata. The last international match between these two teams was during the 50-overs World Cup back in 2019 in Manchester.
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As per the recent reports of Cricket Pakistan, the tickets for the T20 World Cup match on October 24 went on sale on Sunday, October 3. But, within hours all of those tickets got sold out. The seats in the sections which include the General, General East, Premium, Pavilion East, and Platinum, were all showing as sold out on the website where the tickets were listed for the tournament.
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It was also reported that the fans were quick to log into the website within seconds of ICC announcing that the tickets were now available for purchase. The premium ticket was sold for 1,500 Dh which is equivalent to more than INR 30,000 while the platinum tickets were available at 2,600 Dh which is close to INR 52,500. By Monday morning, both these tickets were unavailable on the website.
