“3000 tickets sold in a couple of minutes” - Emirates Cricket Board quashes rumours of low demand for India vs Pakistan clash in Asia Cup

The Emirates Cricket Board (ECB) has reacted, quashing the rumours of low demand for the forthcoming India vs Pakistan clash in the ongoing Asia Cup 2025 campaign on Sunday, September 14 in Dubai.

According to various reports, tickets for the much-awaited India vs Pakistan clash are yet to be sold out completely. However, ECB in its fresh statement asserted that there is a strong interest among fans, stating 3000 Platinum tickets were sold in a couple of minutes, adding that there is no truth to the claim that tickets are not getting sold.

"The signs are very encouraging. There is no truth to the claim that tickets are not getting sold. On Wednesday night, we put out 3,000 tickets through the online channel — the Platinum List — and they were all sold out within a couple of minutes. It clearly shows that there is a strong interest among fans,” an ECB source told Times of India.

Notably, a total of eight teams are divided in two groups in the initial stage before Super Four and the Final are played. Group A has teams namely India, Oman, Pakistan, and hosts United Arab Emirates, while Group B has Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Hong Kong, and Sri Lanka.

India’s squad for Asia Cup: Surya Kumar Yadav (C), Shubman Gill (VC), Abhishek Sharma, Tilak Varma, Hardik Pandya, Shivam Dube, Axar Patel, Jitesh Sharma (WK), Jasprit Bumrah, Arshdeep Singh, Varun Chakaravarthy, Kuldeep Yadav, Sanju Samson (WK), Harshit Rana, Rinku Singh.

Standby players: Yashasvi Jaiswal, Prasidh Krishna, Washington Sundar, Riyan Parag and Dhruv Jurel.

Pakistan’s squad for Asia Cup: Salman Ali Agha (c), Abrar Ahmed, Faheem Ashraf, Fakhar Zaman, Haris Rauf, Hasan Ali, Hasan Nawaz, Hussain Talat, Khushdil Shah, Mohammad Haris, Mohammad Nawaz, Mohammad Waseem Jnr, Sahibzada Farhan, Saim Ayub, Salman Mirza, Shaheen Afridi, Sufyan Moqim.

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