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Virat Kohli on Wednesday, October 4 took to his Instagram handle to request his friends not to ask him for tickets for the World Cup matches. “As we approach the World Cup, I would humbly like to let all my friends know to not request me for tickets all through the tournament. Enjoy from your homes please,” Kohli wrote in his Instagram story followed by a laughing emoji.
Virat’s wife and Indian actress Anushka Sharma posted the same on her Instagram handle. The former Indian captain is the first active cricketer to formally post about the tickets on a public platform in this edition of the World Cup.
pic.twitter.com/KiEtcexfuj
— Out Of Context Cricket (@GemsOfCricket) October 4, 2023
The Repeat
This is not the first time that cricketers have been bombarded by requests for tickets before a showpiece event like the World Cup. Noted former cricketers like Harbhajan Singh, Yuvraj Singh, and Ashish Nehra have candidly shared their experiences of being besieged by friends, all clamoring for them to secure tickets for big matches, including the 2011 World Cup semifinal between India and Pakistan.
ICC in an attempt to avoid any confusion rolled out the sale of tickets in a phased manner where the tickets for all non-India matches including the warm-up matches were out for sale on August 25 whereas tickets for India’s warm-up matches in different venues were available for purchase on August 30 and tickets for India’s league stage matches were available from August 31.
Interestingly the tickets for the highly anticipated India- Pakistan matches were available for purchase from September 3. Obtaining tickets for World Cup matches had previously posed a significant challenge for the Indian public.
The Frustration
They had to endure lengthy digital queues, often leading to frustrating rejections. The official ticketing platform for the 2023 Cricket World Cup, BookMyShow, encountered severe performance issues, prompting the ICC to implement a more efficient process. On September 6 to reduce the inconvenience caused to people BCCI released 40000 additional tickets for sale which commenced on September 8
Virat’s wife and Indian actress Anushka Sharma posted the same on her Instagram handle. The former Indian captain is the first active cricketer to formally post about the tickets on a public platform in this edition of the World Cup.
pic.twitter.com/KiEtcexfuj
— Out Of Context Cricket (@GemsOfCricket) October 4, 2023
The Repeat
This is not the first time that cricketers have been bombarded by requests for tickets before a showpiece event like the World Cup. Noted former cricketers like Harbhajan Singh, Yuvraj Singh, and Ashish Nehra have candidly shared their experiences of being besieged by friends, all clamoring for them to secure tickets for big matches, including the 2011 World Cup semifinal between India and Pakistan.
ICC in an attempt to avoid any confusion rolled out the sale of tickets in a phased manner where the tickets for all non-India matches including the warm-up matches were out for sale on August 25 whereas tickets for India’s warm-up matches in different venues were available for purchase on August 30 and tickets for India’s league stage matches were available from August 31.
Interestingly the tickets for the highly anticipated India- Pakistan matches were available for purchase from September 3. Obtaining tickets for World Cup matches had previously posed a significant challenge for the Indian public.
The Frustration
They had to endure lengthy digital queues, often leading to frustrating rejections. The official ticketing platform for the 2023 Cricket World Cup, BookMyShow, encountered severe performance issues, prompting the ICC to implement a more efficient process. On September 6 to reduce the inconvenience caused to people BCCI released 40000 additional tickets for sale which commenced on September 8