Tickets for the India vs Pakistan cricket match are extremely expensive to resell. The Mumbai native, 32, purchased a ticket for a Saturday match in August for 2,500 rupees ($30), and he currently works at a fintech startup. He opted to resale the ticket on X, formerly known as Twitter, once his intentions changed, and he was paid Rs 22,000 for it.
Wadhwani, who works on the trading desk of Nomura Holdings Inc. in the financial hub of India, said, “I was absolutely amazed at the demand.” “I received a plethora of messages, many larger than I had anticipated.”
The enthusiasm surrounding the match between two political and athletic enemies during the World Cup, which India is hosting again after a 12-year break, is reflected in Wadhwani’s experience. It will be Pakistan’s first on Indian soil for seven years when the teams play at Ahmedabad’s enormous Narendra Modi Stadium, named after the nation’s current prime minister two years ago.
One of the few remaining interactions between the two hostile nations, the game has become more frequent since India’s cross-border assaults in 2019 in response to militant attacks in the disputed region of Kashmir by Pakistan-based groups. Things have become worse.
Pakistani cricket players are not permitted to compete in the elite Indian Premier League, while the country’s actors are prohibited from appearing in Bollywood movies in India. Although the squad and supporters have had problems in obtaining Indian visas, the match offers spectators a unique opportunity to witness Pakistani players in action.
Aditya Chidurla, a tech worker in San Francisco, who has tickets for at least five games, including the India-Pakistan match, said, “These matches don’t happen very often.” “The fans are fervently passionate about it, and they are fierce rivals.”
After some anxious fans spent a fortune trying to find last-minute tickets, they learned that tickets were prohibited by the country’s cricket governing body, the Board of Control for Cricket in India. On Wednesday, it declared that a certain number of tickets will be sold, and on Sunday, it made 14,000 passes available.
