Written by: Express News Service
1 min readNew DelhiNov 11, 2013 11:34 AM IST
First published on: Nov 11, 2013 at 11:34 AM IST
The website appointed by The Mumbai Cricket Association (MCA) as the Official Ticketing Partner for the second Test between India and West Indies crashed due to heavy traffic on Monday morning. The ticket sales were scheduled to start at 11am.
For the Wankhede’s 32,000-plus seats,2,500 tickets are with the Board of Control for Cricket in India whereas Tendulkar himself has been given 500 tickets by the MCA. Nearly 12,000 will be distributed among gymkhanas and Garware Club members.
As for the general public,it will have to make do with only the 5,000 tickets that are up for sale,and for high prices. While rates in the Tendulkar stand are Rs 10,000 each,entry into the popular North Stand will cost Rs 2,500.
MCA treasurer Vinod Deshpande said tickets will be sold online to avoid chaos,with the booking opening on Monday.
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