Tickets for Delhi ODI sold out

After waiting hours and in some cases days for a ticket to the high-profile Indo-Pak match, only a few were rewarded for their patience on Friday.

After waiting hours and in some cases days for a ticket to the high-profile Indo-Pak cricket match in New Delhi, only a few were rewarded for their patience on Friday.

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Just a few hundred fans on Friday managed to lay their hands on the elusive tickets for Sunday's match after braving the scorching sun and the tight security arrangements, but there were many more who had to go back empty handed as these were sold out within hours.

While tickets of denomination Rs 11,000, Rs 5,000 and Rs 1,000 were sold through the Parliament Street branch of Central Bank of India, those costing Rs 400 and students passes valued at Rs 200 were sold through its Kashmere Gate branch.

Delhi and District Cricket Association (DDCA) had earmarked 12,150 tickets for the general public for the sixth and last one-dayer to be played at Feroz Shah Kotla ground.

Out of these, it handed over 2,050 tickets to Pakistan Cricket Board for the fans from that country. Another 3,000 tickets for the DDCA League Club members meant that only 7,000 tickets were left for common fans.

Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf will be among a host of dignitaries who will watch the match.

Though the ticket counters opened only at 10.30 am, fans who did not want to take any chances had lined up from Thursday evening itself.

"I had camped here from 5 pm last evening for this ticket," said a jubiliant and bleary-eyed Rishipal Singh, the first to buy a ticket at the Parliament Street branch.

"I am going to gift it to my son Ankur who had performed very well in his Class 11 examination," he said.