IPL owner and previous chairperson Lalit Modi has actually struck out at the ICC for severe ticket prices for the India-Pakistan game at the upcoming guys’s T20 World Cup in America.
The 2024 T20 World Cup is the very first significant ICC event including leading groups to be (partially) played in the United States ofAmerica 16 of the 55 suits set up will certainly be played in the U.S.A., while the remainder will certainly be organized throughout the West Indies.
Among the 16 video games will certainly be the marquee clash in between India and Pakistan at the Nassau County International Cricket Stadium in New York, set up for June 9.
The expectancy for the game has actually been constructing for a very long time, yet with simply over a number of weeks to opt for the game, the previous IPL chairperson Lalit Modi has actually made some stunning cases concerning the ticket prices for the game by the ICC.
In a social networks article, Modi has actually asserted that the ICC is billing US$ 20,000 per seat for an L2 South Diamond Club ticket, subjecting ICC’s real intents of making earnings over increasing and expanding the game in the United States.
“Shocked to learn that @ICC is selling tickets for Diamond Club at $20000 per seat for the #indvspak WC game,” Modi composed on X (Twitter). “The WC in the United States is for game growth & & follower involvement, not a way to make earnings on entrance collections. $2750 for a ticket It’s simply #notcricket #intlcouncilofcrooks.”
Shocked to find out that @ICC is offering tickets for Diamond Club at $20000 per seat for the #indvspak WCgame The WC in the United States is for game growth & & follower involvement, not a way to make earnings on entrance collections. $2750 for a ticket It’s simply #notcricket #intlcouncilofcrooks pic.twitter.com/lSuDrxHGaO
— Lalit Kumar Modi (@Lalit KModi) May 22, 2024
According to the ICC, nonetheless, the tickets for the India-Pakistan game array from $300 to $10,000. While the majority of them have actually been marketed out on the main systems, those tickets are currently being marketed on resale systems like StubHub and SeatGeek for numerous times the initial cost.
Modi offered the instance of IPL 2009 which was kept in South Africa as a result of the Indian basic political elections. “I spent $100 million to get $5 million in gate money over 64 games in IPL 2009 in South Africa,” Modi composed. “We sold tickets between $2 to $15 to build the game. We achieved history and case studies were written.”
The T20 World Cup begins on June 1 with the hosts U.S.A. tacklingCanada India will certainly start their project on June 5 versus Ireland in New York prior to encountering Pakistan for their 2nd game.
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