MPCA closed down ticket sales due to rush of fans at the Holkar Stadium

The sale of tickets for the 3rd ODI between India and Australia has been closed by the Madhya Pradesh Association (MPCA) a day head, following the rush by fans. It was earlier planned that the sale of tickets was to take place till tomorrow, but a large number of fans turned up at the Holkar Stadium since last night, forcing MPCA to shut down the ticket sales.

India and Australia are scheduled to play the 3rd ODI of the 5-match series on September 24 at the Holkar Stadium.

Thousands of people queued up

“Thousands of people, including women and young, girls queued up at the ticket counters after 10 last night as ticket sale was scheduled to start from 10 am today. Some of the women were in queue throughout the night with their kids.” said Awadhesh Kumar Goswami, Superintendent of Police (SP), East Zone.

Speaking at a joint press conference with the MPCA office-bearers, Goswami added, “In view of these circumstances, we did not want to take any risk about the security and convenience of women. Therefore, we asked the MPCA to end the sale of tickets by today.” MPCA secretary Milind Kanmadikar said the sale of tickets closed at 5 pm on Tuesday

High demand of tickets

He said “20,000 tickets were made available for sale for the ODI at the stadium, which has a capacity to accommodate 28,500 spectators. The demand for tickets is quite high due to the overwhelming response from cricket fans.” MPCA officials said earlier selling of the tickets was scheduled from September 18 to 20.

India are currently leading the ODI series by a margin of 1-0 after beating the visitors in the 1st ODI in Chennai. India were struggling initially at 87/5 but a game-changing partnership from MS Dhoni and Hardik Pandya ensured that the hosts put up a solid total. After rain interruption, Australia were set a target of 164 from 21 overs, but they failed to get over the line.