The opening day of ticket gross sales was reserved for non-India matches, together with the warm-ups. However, the method began at 8 pm native time and shortly after followers complained of the the appliance crashing amid a mad rush to ebook the tickets.
‘Bookmyshow‘ is the ticketing accomplice for the World Cup starting October 5.
“This is really frustrating – after such a delayed announcement of ticket sales, if the basic systems infrastructure is not in place, it speaks very poorly of the mighty BCCI and ICC. Events like these are organised world over and systems like lotteries and ticket queues are common. Why are those not in pace for such a large event,” Delhi-based fan Atirav Kapur instructed PTI on Friday.
Half hour into the ticket gross sales, the web site began working however by then a piece of the followers had misplaced their persistence.
“Ticket sale for matches other than India started at 8PM. It’s 8:08 PM now – BookMyShow app is crashed. Cricket in India. Wondering what will happen when tickets for India’s game will go up on sale,” wrote Nilesh G on X, previously Twitter.
The ticket gross sales for India video games in Chennai, Delhi and Pune will go reside on August 31 whereas the coveted ones for the Indo-Pak blockbuster in Ahmedabad will likely be put up on the market on September 3.
The BCCI and ICC had opted for a staggered sale course of to supply a easy expertise to the followers.
“This is the level of preparedness @bookmyshow has for a World Cup! Sorry @ICC but it seems like your ticketing partners are just not up to the task,” wrote one other X consumer Arka Dyuti Palit.
The followers have already criticised the organisers for his or her dealing with of ticket gross sales and schedule for the primary ODI World Cup in India since 2011.
Earlier this month, the BCCI and ICC revised the schedule of as many as 9 video games after asserting the complete schedule in June.
In distinction, the schedule of the earlier World Cup in England and even the 2011 version in India was introduced effectively upfront.
Source: timesofindia.indiatimes.com