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Tickets at ₹56 lakh for India vs Pakistan World Cup match; netizens question BookMyShow

Users question the authenticity of BookMyShow, the official ticketing partner for the World Cup, while Viagogo is selling tickets at sky-high prices.

FILE PHOTO: A policeman walks past a logo of the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) during a governing council meeting of the Indian Premier League (IPL) at BCCI headquarters in Mumbai April 26, 2010. REUTERS/Arko Datta/File Photo (REUTERS/Arko Datta/File Photo)Premium
FILE PHOTO: A policeman walks past a logo of the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) during a governing council meeting of the Indian Premier League (IPL) at BCCI headquarters in Mumbai April 26, 2010. REUTERS/Arko Datta/File Photo (REUTERS/Arko Datta/File Photo)

Tickets for India vs Pakistan match at World Cup 2023 are selling at as high as 56 lakh in the secondary market. While social media users have been making such claims for some time now, when we checked it ourselves, we found some of the tickets being sold on Viagogo for a whopping 57,62,676.

Tickets for India vs Pakistan match in Ahmedabad are selling at  <span class='webrupee'>₹</span>57 lakh
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Tickets for India vs Pakistan match in Ahmedabad are selling at 57 lakh (Screengrab from Viagogo)

There are many other tickets available in the range between 18 and 22 lakh.

Tickets on Viagogo are selling for  <span class='webrupee'>₹</span>18-22 lakh for India vs Pakistan match
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Tickets on Viagogo are selling for 18-22 lakh for India vs Pakistan match (Screengrab from Viagogo)

We also found one ticket from the South Premium West 2 block at the Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad had been sold for over 19 lakh. Viagogo claims to be the “world’s largest source of live entertainment tickets".

Tickets worth  <span class='webrupee'>₹</span>19 lakh were sold out for India vs Pakistan match
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Tickets worth 19 lakh were sold out for India vs Pakistan match (Screengrab from Viagogo)

Meanwhile, users have started questioning the authenticity of BookMyShow, the official ticketing partner for the upcoming World Cup. They have called the huge prices as “ridiculous".

“Viagogo, a ticket-selling website, is selling tickets at huge prices. This raises questions about how this is feasible when all tickets are officially sold through BookMyShow, the authorized ticketing partner," wrote one of the users on X.

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“@bookmyshow must share some official data citing how many tickets out of 1,32,000 were actually put up on sale and how many they have sold on both dates. And same data for all matches MUST be shared OFFICIALLY," wrote another.

“Black market is now hot…see the prices for Ind vs Pak match it starts from 1.5lac and i have seen ticket of 15lac as well with Long On view …this is ridiculous," came from another social media user.

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The demand is massive for other India matches at the World Cup 2023 as well. On the ticketing website, tickets for India vs Australia match at M. A. Chidambaram Stadium in Chennai are selling at as high as 2.85 lakh. Tickets for India vs England match at Ekana Cricket Stadium in Lucknow are selling at 2.35 lakh. Tickets for India vs South Africa match at Eden Gardens in Kolkata are selling at 2.35 lakh as well.

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ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Sounak Mukhopadhyay
Sounak Mukhopadhyay, who also goes by the name Sounak Mukherjee, has been producing digital news since 2012. He's worked for the International Business Times, The Inquisitr, and Moneycontrol in the past. He's also contributed to Free Press Journal and TheRichest with feature articles. He covers news for a wide range of subjects including business, finance, economy, politics and sports. Before working with digital news publications, he worked as a freelance content writer.
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Published: 05 Sep 2023, 11:50 AM IST
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