Where have all the tickets gone? Cricket fans in a tizzy
NEW DELHI, MUMBAI : For Rahul Sharma, 40, an ardent Indian cricket fan living in Singapore, the eager excitement of watching Team India’s performance at the ICC Men’s Cricket World Cup 2023 in his home country has slowly turned into frustration. Despite having booked flights to India for himself and his family months in advance, his quest to secure tickets, especially for the coveted India matches from BookMyShow, the Indian cricket board’s official ticketing partner, has been fruitless. All he has managed to pick up so far: Tickets for two non-India matches, leaving him still in pursuit of prized India match tickets.
“I have been logging in on BookMyShow everyday for the last week and a half. Yesterday, when they announced the availability of tickets starting at 8pm, I logged in 30 minutes ahead of time and clicked on the ‘book’ button on the dot, but it put me on a two-hour waiting window. And now, it says all tickets are sold out.
This is frustrating," he said. Sharma is one among many cricket fans from around the globe who want to watch their favourite team playing in the 50-over world cup but are unable to secure tickets online. “I used four different devices in parallel," said Pawan Singh, a Delhi-based engineer working with a multinational company.
He, along with his friends, was looking to buy five tickets for the Dharamsala match between India and New Zealand on 22 October. “All my friends were also trying in parallel. None of us got tickets.
It’s not possible that matches will sell out within minutes. There seems to be a backdoor for people who have connections. But what about people like us?" he asked.
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