Adelaide: One of the earliest reports, over a year back, in context with the India-Pakistan World Cup match here, was that all tickets for the game had sold out instantly.
<img src="http://images.mid-day.com/images/images/2015/feb/15ticket.jpg" alt="" /> A fan purchases a ticket for Sunday&rsquo;s India vs Pakistan clash at the Adelaide Oval on Saturday. Pic/Ashwin Ferro&nbsp;
South Australian Cricket Association chief executive Keith Bradshaw also endorsed this view on Saturday. &ldquo;Tickets for the India-Pakistan match sold out in a matter of hours when they went on sale almost a year ago. A majority of those tickets were purchased by people not living in South Australia, so the atmosphere at the match will be unbelievable. In fact, when a small number of &lsquo;returned&rsquo; tickets went back on sale late last year, around 1200, they sold out in 62 seconds,&rdquo; Bradshaw told SUNDAY mid-day here.
Highly priced However, tickets for today&rsquo;s encounter were available throughout the day at the Adelaide Oval on Saturday and that too at the official ticket sales counter and through official ICC agents. &ldquo;Yes, we have tickets for sale, not many though, may be around 30 or so. But they are steeply proceed, at AUD 165 per ticket,&rdquo; Amol Punni, business development manager of Corporate World Connect, one of ICC&rsquo;s ticketing partners told SUNDAY mid-day here on Saturday at the Oval&rsquo;s ticket counter.
Interestingly, there is no concept of blackmarketing here as far as tickets are concerned. So, anyone and everyone, who has a match ticket, can legally sell it, quoting the price of his choice. &ldquo;It looks like the organisers have deliberately done this to ensure that cheap tickets are sold legally at a premium. AUD 165 for a ticket is criminal,&rdquo; said Mayur Joshi, who drove down here from Melbourne overnight for today&rsquo;s match and purchased three tickets at a whopping AUD 495 (R25,000 approximately).
Besides, sales at the ticket counter, a number of people were seen just walking in and out of the Oval on Saturday trying to get a good deal for their &ldquo;extra tickets&rdquo; and even succeeded in doing so.

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