The tickets for the ICC World Cup semi-finals and the finals will be in much
demand and one will need to be lucky to get one. There are three games remaining,
the two semi-finals at the Mohali and the Premadasa in Colombo, and the final
at the Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai.
What is interesting to see is that the second semi-final which will be played
between India and Pakistan has enticed so many people that is
hard to get the tickets for the game. The official tickets have been sold off
but the black marketers are having a ball, by jacking up the prices to the extent
that is almost unprecedented before.
The World Cup semi-final tickets for India-Pakistan are getting sold for as much
as Rs15000 to Rs50000 and that has meant that those who have bought the tickets
for even Rs1000-5000 are making a killing by selling them off.
The tickets for the final at Wankhede is another story. The official rate for
the tickets there was Rs10000 to Rs15000, and that would mean that the tickets
would be sold at a much higher rate than the one for the final. If India does
go on to play in the final of the tournament, how one would be able to watch the
game is beyond me.
After the World Cup ends, it will be a matter of looking at buying the tickets
for the IPL. The concept of IPL is interesting because each of the team will have
their own online partners for ticketing purposes. So, a team could be associated
with KyaZoonga.com or a BookmyShow.com or any of the other sites that the teams
try to partner with.
The official tickets for the IPL have not yet been released do far, but they
will soon be done once the Cricket World Cup gets over. The demand for
the IPL tickets is so heavy that one can expect full houses for all the games
in the tournament and they will look to ensure that the tickets are suitably
priced. According to the latest news, the price of the IPL tickets will be between
Rs500 and Rs5000.
Post the IPL, there will be India's tours to England and Australia which can be
bought from the respective international partners online.
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