Mehul Shah (name changed to protect privacy) is a cricket fan and has booked three rooms in a five-star hotel in Ahmedabad for his friends from Mumbai and Jaipur. They will travel to watch the much-anticipated ICC Men’s Cricket World Cup match between India and Pakistan to be played at the Narendra Modi Stadium, the world’s largest cricket stadium, with over 1 lakh seats, on October 14.
In Ahmedabad, nearly all hotels and guests houses have been sold out at the time, as more than 30,000 people from out of station are expected to arrive to watch the match.
However, Shah and others who have arranged the peripheral logistics like accommodation and taxis, are now scrambling for tickets. With none available at the venue, buying a ticket on BookMyShow.com, which has been appointed as the ticketing partner for the whole tournament, scheduled to start from October 5, is also proving to be difficult. Shah says he has had no luck on the online platform.
