Forget Hotcakes—India-Pakistan match tickets define ‘Selling Out'
By K.R. Nayar Dubai. It’s time to replace the idiom "sold like hotcakes" with "sold like India-Pakistan match tickets." The ICC Men’s Champions Trophy 2025 India matches in Dubai are highly anticipated by the fans in this country. On Monday morning at 10:37 AM, I received an email from the ICC stating that tickets for the three group-stage India matches and Semi-Final 1—all taking place in Dubai, UAE—would be available for purchase online from 4 PM (GST). Many cricket enthusiasts in the UAE, who regularly follow my blog, informed me that the India-Pakistan match tickets were sold out in a flash. An ardent cricket fan told me he was 118,000th in the queue, and within minutes, he received the disappointing news that his hopes of securing a ticket had vanished with all tickets sold out. General stand ticket prices at the Dubai International Cricket Stadium for the three group-stage India matches and Semi-Final 1 start at Dh 125. Very often, it is not the UAE resi...