Underlining the soaring demand for India’s white-ball tour Down Under, later this year, Cricket Australia (CA) on Saturday announced that the Indian fan zones for the series have been sold out 50 days ahead of schedule.
CA further confirmed that public tickets for the Sydney and Canberra fixtures are also sold out and urged fans to secure their seats for the remaining matches as they are “selling fast.”
“We are thrilled by the overwhelming response to the Indian fan zones selling out across all eight venues,” CA said in a statement.
“We are excited to see the momentum building around this series and the strong passion fans continue to display for the game. We’re looking forward to a vibrant atmosphere in the stands and a world-class contest on the field between two great cricketing nations,” added Joel Morrison, CA’s Executive General Manager, Events & Operations.
India’s white-ball tour begins with the ODI opener on October 19 at Perth, followed by matches at Adelaide (October 23) and Sydney (October 25). Senior pros Virat Kohli and skipper Rohit Sharma are expected to feature in the ODIs, the only international format they play after stepping away from Tests and T20Is.
The T20I leg starts on October 29 at Manuka Oval in Canberra, with subsequent games scheduled in Melbourne (October 31), Hobart (November 2), Gold Coast (November 6) and Brisbane (November 8).
In their last bilateral ODI series in Australia (2020/21), India went down 1-2 but bounced back to claim the T20I series by the same margin.