India vs Australia: Near sold out crowd expected for series opener at Jamtha

The buzz around the Border-Gavaskar Trophy might be focused on the pitch with the biggest talking point leading up to the first day of the series opener being how India have prepared a pitch to put Australian batters to the sword come D-Day.

Australian media may have already given their verdict on the track and quite possibly the match 24 hours before the first ball of the series is to be bowled, but for the cricket fans of the Orange City, the 22-yard strip in the middle at Jamtha has little bearing on their excitement level.

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The Vidarbha Cricket Association Stadium is hosting its first Test match in five years and the official word on the number of tickets sold coming is that it will be sold out crowd on 9th Feb. As of writing, nearly 38,000 tickets have been sold and by tomorrow – the first day of the Test match, it is expected to be sold out.

“Nagpur crowd has always been a sporting one and yes, nearly 38,000 tickets have been sold as per official count as of yesterday and we are expecting it will be almost sold out by tomorrow,” a VCA official told CricketNext.com.

“We do not have daily tickets and these figures are for all five days, we only have season tickets. Historically we have managed to pull in almost full crowds for international games” the official added.

The total capacity of the Jamtha is 44,900 and out of which 38,000 tickets have been sold out. Also, 4000 tickets have been given to school students sold at Rs 10 per day.

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