ICC Cricket World Cup 2023: The pre-sale of tickets for three matches featuring India which went on sale on Thursday were sold out in minutes.

A day earlier, the pre-sale of tickets for two warm-up matches featuring India which went on sale on Wednesday saw a mixed response, with India vs England warm-up match getting sold out within hours whereas tickets for the other warm-up game featuring Netherlands are still available (at the time of publishing this story)

The ticket sales for these three India matches (India vs Australia, India vs Bangladesh and India vs Afghanistan) which began in a phase-wise manner from 8 pm onwards on Thursday, August 31 saw the tickets being sold out within minutes of it going live on the BookMyShow platform.

Many fans took to Twitter to share their disappointment highlighting the same issue that was faced by many during the ticket sales on August 29 which was restricted for MasterCard users only.

Users who clicked on the book option saw the following message or were put in a queue for upto 3-4 hours.

‘We’ve limited seats available and are experiencing a very high demand currently. Hence, you’ve been placed in a queue. We request your cooperation and patience.
Thank you!’

Although there were some lucky fans who shared their delight after being able to book tickets for these India matches.

BCCI had segregated the ticket sales for all other users (non-MasterCard) in a phase-wise manner. The tickets are being sold in different phases as mentioned below.

• India matches at Guwahati and Trivandrum: August 30 from 8 PM IST onwards.

• India matches at Chennai, Delhi and Pune: August 31 from 8 PM IST onwards.

• India matches at Dharamsala, Lucknow and Mumbai: September 1 from 8 PM IST onwards.

• India matches at Bengaluru and Kolkata: September 2 from 8 PM IST onwards.

• India match at Ahmedabad: September 3 from 8 PM IST onwards.