NEW DELHI: There will be a sea of blue at the Melbourne Cricket Ground (MCG) this Sunday when India takes on Pakistan — the Choti Diwali super thriller of the ongoing T20 World Cup Down Under. Indians have emerged as the single largest buyers of tickets for the tournament outside of the host continent.
“We have sold just under 16,000 tickets to Indian residents. That is the most for any country outside of Australia, ahead of the UK and USA,” a T20 World Cup Local Organising Committee official told TOI on Friday. Asked how many tickets have in all been sold so far, he added, “We will not release a figure at this stage but we are anticipating up to eight lakh attendance across the 45 matches of this event.”
