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England tickets in India

Durhamish

Durhamish

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Anybody bought tickets for a game in India before?

Planning on going to Mumbai and Pune for the T20s in January/Feb but getting tickets seem to be a pain, all I have been able to see are tickets on sale via resale sites for £160

Any advice?
 

Went for the test in January and they released the tickets a few days before the match, then we had to pick them up somewhere random in Hyderabad. They don't make it easy
 
Aye was an absolute farce. Flew in the day before then had to get a taxi to a random cricket ground before going to the hotel. Probably even worse for white ball games which will sell out.
 
JackL said:
Went for the test in January and they released the tickets a few days before the match, then we had to pick them up somewhere random in Hyderabad. They don't make it easy
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Who released them? The Indian cricket board site?
 
I've bought tickets for a few Tests in India, and although a convoluted process they very rarely sell out. Awkward to sign up for, VPN, not all c cards accepted etc.
Tickets on sale 5 miles from the ground etc is not uncommon.
When I've arrived for day 2, I've bought a season ticket for three times the price outside the ground. £9 instead of £3.

However, I've never been to a ODI.
I read about the article below somewhere else, people queued for 11 hours in the rain, lathi (baton) charged by the police, four in hospital.

Can't remember if this was this match or another one there, but 9,000 of the 39,000 tickets simply disappeared. Totally unaccounted for. Very few go on general sale, as so many go either to corporate, players, hangers on, or comps, to be sold onwards at a profit.
That said, I know an English fan who bought a ticket on the black market outside the Wankhede in 2011 for India v SL, and someone who got given a ticket off an Indian riot policeman for the WCSF v India in 1987.
Someone else latched onto and followed an umpire around the offices a few days before a big India v Pakistan ODI, and bought one of his allocation.

Good luck

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I went for the WC which was an ICC event rather than a BCCI one (insert joke here about where does one organisation end and the other begin). Tickets went on sale through a site called bookmyshow about a month before and I had to pick them up at the grounds. This was fine for Dharamshala where the ticket office was under the main stand, but was a total fallacy for the game in Delhi. There is no ticket office at the ground. The tickets were sold at some social centre about a mile from the ground. Not that there was anyone at the ground to tell you this or even an interested copper to point you the right direction. The only reason I found out was some local passer-by saw my desperation. Then I had some tuk tuk driver trying to charge through the nose for a return journey to the social centre and back. I missed the first five overs but given the way the game turned wished I'd missed the whole lot!

The only advice I can give is to sign up to the BCCI website and ask for emails for marketing etc. One thing you can be assured of is it'll be chaotic.
 
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Durhamish said:
Anybody bought tickets for a game in India before?

Planning on going to Mumbai and Pune for the T20s in January/Feb but getting tickets seem to be a pain, all I have been able to see are tickets on sale via resale sites for £160

Any advice?
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I’m passing through Mumbai so planning to do that game too mate.

It seems from asking others who are going (and much more regular travellers than me) that no one has any idea and is just living by the ‘we’ll find a way’ mantra.

See ya there 👍🏻
El Oso said:
I've bought tickets for a few Tests in India, and although a convoluted process they very rarely sell out. Awkward to sign up for, VPN, not all c cards accepted etc.
Tickets on sale 5 miles from the ground etc is not uncommon.
When I've arrived for day 2, I've bought a season ticket for three times the price outside the ground. £9 instead of £3.

However, I've never been to a ODI.
I read about the article below somewhere else, people queued for 11 hours in the rain, lathi (baton) charged by the police, four in hospital.

Can't remember if this was this match or another one there, but 9,000 of the 39,000 tickets simply disappeared. Totally unaccounted for. Very few go on general sale, as so many go either to corporate, players, hangers on, or comps, to be sold onwards at a profit.
That said, I know an English fan who bought a ticket on the black market outside the Wankhede in 2011 for India v SL, and someone who got given a ticket off an Indian riot policeman for the WCSF v India in 1987.
Someone else latched onto and followed an umpire around the offices a few days before a big India v Pakistan ODI, and bought one of his allocation.

Good luck

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Best game was that test in Chennai when 25,000 seats were blocked off cos of a dispute between the BCCI and the Chennai Association, with loads of us locked outside.

Not the best city to be left sightseeing in to say the least 😂. Thankfully we got tickets for the last couple of days.
 
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NorthCountryBoy said:
I’m passing through Mumbai so planning to do that game too mate.

It seems from asking others who are going (and much more regular travellers than me) that no one has any idea and is just living by the ‘we’ll find a way’ mantra.

See ya there 👍🏻


Best game was that test in Chennai when 25,000 seats were blocked off cos of a dispute between the BCCI and the Chennai Association, with loads of us locked outside.

Not the best city to be left sightseeing in to say the least 😂. Thankfully we got tickets for the last couple of days.
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Yeah, the usual lack of logic and chaos. As well as the city being in mourning due to the death of the film star. Added to the mix was the obstacle course of uprooted trees, after the hurricane had finished two or three days earlier.

We'll be in South Goa for most of the winter, if you're about, give us a shout.
 
There is an email address on the page that lists the England games in India. No idea whether you'd get a response. Worth a shot though.

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Durhamish said:
Anybody bought tickets for a game in India before?

Planning on going to Mumbai and Pune for the T20s in January/Feb but getting tickets seem to be a pain, all I have been able to see are tickets on sale via resale sites for £160

Any advice?
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Did you get sorted? In a WhatsApp group I’m on most got Pune but hardly anyone Mumbai. Resale sites might be the best bet for that one depending on amount you’re prepared to pay.
 
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