http://www.senore.com/Cricket/India-c750 vs. Pakistan semi-final: Pakistan fans fail to get tickets for Mohali clash
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Pakistan-c755 fans have become the first casualty of the much-hyped second semi-final of the ongoing ICC World Cup 2011 which is set to be played between archrivals India and Pakistan.
According to the details, tickets are no longer available to accommodate fans coming from Pakistan. The http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Punjab-c833 Cricket Association has stated that the venue has the capacity to hold 28,000 spectators and when it became apparent that India would face Pakistan
in the semi-final, a record sale in the tickets was observed.
According to the PCA, 16,500 tickets were sold. The Association disclosed that the remaining tickets were bought by the International Cricket Council for its dignitaries.
A Pakistan fan describing his ordeal of not being able to support his team in Mohali said, “I am deeply disappointed because I will not be able to catch the action live. I ran from pillar to post to get tickets and even contacted the Indian High Commission
but to no avail.”
Mohali will be jam packed by Indian supporters and in a game like the upcoming semi-final, having Pakistani supporters will be crucial for the Men in http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Green-c60723, who will be up against the home side.
The Pakistan Cricket Board has landed in a spat with the ICC on the matter as the Board claimed that the ICC had promised to facilitate Pakistan fans since the hosting rights of the World Cup were taken away from the country because of the prevailing law
and order situation in the country.
Speaking on the Mohali ticket debacle a PCB official http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Nadeem-Sarwar-c78422 said, “We wanted to buy tickets for top dignitaries but no tickets are available. We are trying to arrange some but haven’t received a convincing reply from the organisers yet.”
The ICC, refusing to take the blame for the unavailability of the tickets, has said that fans bought tickets in advance and this is exactly what people of Pakistan should have done.
The situation in India is not any better as fans in the host country have also been deprived of attending the game due to the shortage of tickets. According to reports, tickets are being sold in black at prices so high that it has become impossible for an
average Indian to buy a place in the pre-final match between Subcontinent’s biggest rivals.
According to an Indian cricket fan, tickets originally priced at Rs. 250 are available for Rs. 2,200 while a Rs. 1,000 ticket was being sold in the black market for Rs. 8,000.
India and Pakistan are all set to play the most anticipated game of the ICC World Cup 2011 on 30 http://www.senore.com/Cricket/March-c74391.
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