Karachi, The PCB has earmarked the beginning costs for Champions Trophy tickets at PKR 1000 which is as low cost as ₹310 in Indian forex, as per an inner doc of the cricket board in possession of PTI.
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The doc, nonetheless, doesn’t embrace instructed ticket costs for the matches in Dubai chosen as a impartial venue to host India’s matches and maybe even a semi-final and remaining if Rohit Sharma’s males certified for these knockout video games. The listing in possession of PTI revealed that PCB has saved the bottom priced ticket for the Normal Enclosure at 1000 Pakistani rupees for all matches in Karachi, Lahore and Rawalpindi.
However for the Pakistan and Bangladesh match in Rawalpindi the overall enclosure charge has been elevated to 2000 PKR and for the semi-final to PKR 2,500 .
The PCB has additionally saved VVIP tickets for all video games at 12,000 PKR however for the semi-finals it’s 25,000 for this similar enclosure.
The premium enclosure tickets are priced at PKR 3,500 for the matches in Karachi, 5000 for the match in Lahore and 7000 for Pakistan’s match in opposition to Bangaldesh in Rawalpindi.
The PCB plans to maintain VIP enclosure costs to PKR 7000 for Karachi, 7,500 for Lahore 12,500 for the Bangladesh match.
The variety of tickets up on the market for normal spectators will likely be 18,000 however it’s nonetheless not clear what number of tickets one particular person should buy at a time and whether or not tickets may even be accessible at ticket cubicles or solely on-line.
Usually, as per ICC occasion guidelines, the host nation sells tickets for the matches and retains gate cash earnings and in addition income from sale of hospitality containers. That is apart from the internet hosting charges paid by the ICC.
Since ICC picked Dubai as a impartial venue to host India’s matches, an insider confirmed that the PCB believes it’s entitled to maintain gate cash receipts and hospitality field gross sales for the video games in Dubai together with the blockbuster match on February 23 in opposition to arch-rivals India.
The PCB intends to maintain the gate cash from the Dubai video games because the Emirates Cricket Board will likely be paid operational prices, together with floor lease.
“The ECB will obviously advise the ICC and PCB on the ticket rates for different enclosures in Dubai and what prices should be charged for hospitality box sales before announcements are made,” the insider stated.