T20 World Cup: $6 to $10K tickets, booking still open

New Delhi: The upcoming T20 World Cup in the United States and the West Indies could have several empty seats for all games.

Even the ultra-popular India games (they start their campaign with three games in New York before rounding off their preliminary group obligations in Lauderhill) are yet to be sold out. Apart from the Pakistan game, tickets for the other three India games are available in multiple enclosures across the two venues.

If the tickets.t20world.com website is anything to go by (the official ticketing website), tickets are available for all games. It includes tickets for both semifinals. One thing to keep in mind is that this is the final phase of sales. There was an earlier phase when a ballot system was in place from February 1–7.

“There was a public ticket ballot window which allowed fans to apply for tickets,” the official website noted. “This ran from 1 to 7 February. Phase 1 of ticket sales will start on February 22, following the ballot, where tickets for limited matches (depending on availability) will be made available for sale on a first-come, first-served basis.”

While the cheapest ticket for select games in the West Indies is priced at $6, it’s $35 a pop for the cheapest ticket to watch a match in the US. But if you are an Indian fan wanting to watch a game, you have to shell out over Rs 25,000 if you want to go as a family.

The cheapest ticket for the India-Bangladesh warm-up is $100. If you want to experience some hospitality while watching that game, it will set you back $750. If you want to experience some hospitality, it will set you back $750.

For India’s Group A’s games, it only gets dearer, with the Diamond Club tickets for the Pakistan game priced at $10,000.

For India’s game against Ireland and USA, it is $7500. It’s the same situation for matches involving the West Indies, one of the co-hosts, and England, whose fans generally travel when they are playing in the Caribbean.