Indian Cricket Board set to release 400,000 more ODI World Cup 2023 tickets

The much-awaited ODI World Cup 2023 is scheduled to be played in October and November. The first match will take place at the Narendra Modi Stadium, Ahmedabad, where the two finalists from the last edition, England and New Zealand will lock horns with each other.

India will play their opening match of the mega event against Australia on October 8 at the MA Chidambaram Stadium, in Chennai. The Men in Blue will lock horns with arch-rivals, Pakistan at the iconic Narendra Modi Stadium, in Ahmedabad on October 14.

With less than 30 days to go for the mega event, the Indian Cricket Board has decided to release as many as 400,000 tickets in the next phase of ticket sales. On Wednesday, August 6, the Board stated in a statement that the "general sale of tickets" for all the matches of the World Cup will commence at 8 pm IST on September 8.

Tilak Varma and Prasidh Krishna dropped from the ODI World Cup 2023 squad

The Indian Cricket Board has faced a lot of criticism from fans and other stakeholders for releasing the schedule only 100 days before the start of the tournament, and then making further changes to it, which further delayed the release of tickets.

"The Indian Cricket Board deeply acknowledges that fans are the heartbeat of the tournament, and their unwavering passion, engagement, and contributions are pivotal to the success of the Men's Cricket World Cup 2023," the statement said.

The Indian Cricket Board chief selector, Ajit Agarkar, along with skipper Rohit Sharma, announced the squad for the upcoming mega event in the press conference which took place in Sri Lanka on Tuesday, September 5. The 15-member squad is the same as the squad that was selected for Asia Cup 2023. Only two members have been excluded from the team, Tilak Varma, and a seamer from Karnataka, Prasidh Krishna.

India’s ODI World Cup 2023 squad: Rohit Sharma (Captain), Shubman Gill, Virat Kohli, Shreyas Iyer, Ishan Kishan, KL Rahul, Hardik Pandya (Vice-captain), Suryakumar Yadav, Ravindra Jadeja, Axar Patel, Shardul Thakur, Jasprit Bumrah, Mohd. Shami, Mohd. Siraj, Kuldeep Yadav