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Pakistan Super League (PSL) administration has decided to increase the quantity of tickets available to the general public for final match after witnessing the enthusiasm of cricket fans.
According to DawnNews, the tickets reserved for business enterprises will now be decreased and the remainder would be sold at the banks on Thursday.
However, the price of additional tickets has not been disclosed, while the tickets that were sold on March 1 were priced between Rs500 to Rs12,000.
On Wednesday, as ticket sales for the Pakistan Super League final began, desperate fans had to rush to local banks to book seats after the quota allotted for e-tickets sold out within hours.
Cricket enthusiasts from all over Punjab made their way to Lahore, hoping to find cheap tickets at local banks designated as selling points. However, their efforts were mostly futile, as one bank official told DawnNews that his branch had received only 10 tickets of Rs500 value.
Fans seemed to shrug off the fact that their favourite teams may not feature the high-profile international players they have become famous for in the league's finale.
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Mar 02, 2017 01:10pm
something tells me, watch the match from home
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Mar 02, 2017 01:24pm
10 tickets only.... ???? remaining to relatives of MNAs and MPAs ??? shame!!
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Mar 02, 2017 01:41pm
@Akif, you must know that the cost of holding the match shall be partly borne by those who go there.
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Mar 02, 2017 01:59pm
A slap on the face of all nay-sayers. Foreigners or no foreigners, we have every right to celebrate our domestic event. Keep the spirit up Lahoris and Pakistanis.
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Mar 02, 2017 02:39pm
Foreign player should not fear anything after this kind of enthusiasm from fans.. life of every human is precious.. that's why everyone will get high security.. hats off to Pakistani cricket lovers... and shame on ICC who claims to expand cricket but doesn't see any point to help revive cricket in Pakistan where they have such a huge market. But I am happy that it's happening in Lahore though ideally on current circumstances we should have kept final in Dubai.
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Mar 02, 2017 03:27pm
Lahore always celebrate every occasion...
Proud to be lahori ;)
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Mar 02, 2017 03:29pm
Excellent decision.
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Mar 02, 2017 03:31pm
Take this Imran Khan,
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Mar 02, 2017 04:11pm
@noman then you might as well started the psl in pakistan , the whole drill was to attract foreign players and make it something special, why not just play the full psl in pakisatn then ??
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Mar 02, 2017 04:36pm
Very True.
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Mar 02, 2017 04:42pm
@yousaf jamal akhtar , who told you whole purpose of PSL was to bring back cricket? PSL had made enough money for everyone involved while it has given our younger and current international lot to play alongside and against top international players like KP, Gayle, Watson, Morgan, Roy and others on big occasion in high stakes encounters. PSL can help bring back cricket to Pakistan but there are other important aspects of having our own league.
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Mar 02, 2017 04:49pm
If there are no foreign players then what is the difference between PSL and Qaid-e-azam trophy?
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Mar 02, 2017 04:54pm
Is it true that 80% of tickets are purchased by N-League for their supporters to chant NS zindabad in the stadium to show that even after the Panama issue he is a popular leader?
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Mar 02, 2017 05:13pm
Can anyone tell me exactly how different is this from your domestic Cricket !?
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Mar 02, 2017 05:25pm
@Imran you sound confused about where u want the finals to happen
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Mar 02, 2017 05:26pm
@Balaji Domestic cricket does not have so much prize money
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Mar 02, 2017 06:00pm
All this madness just to divert attention from Panama Leaks verdict. Wakeup nation petrol price has gone up by 5 rupees.
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Mar 02, 2017 06:21pm
@Balaji This is a T20 league where each team represents a province. Domestic league is based on departments. Having said that, we will make this final successful.
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Mar 02, 2017 06:39pm
@Imran Seems like ICC/BCCCI policies have helped cricket grow in India only. All other countries have reduced their interest in cricket either by force(Pakistan, west Indies and other nations that ICC have bias against or terms them insignificant) or by its constant association with India. No youth in the world(especially in European nations) will take up a sport that is mostly played by the least athletic, weakest,shortest people in the world. I guess they wanted to do that so there is no other team to challenge India? One day only India , bangladesh and afghanistan will be playing cricket.
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Mar 02, 2017 06:47pm
Only Imran khan supporters don't want to see such a positive activity in Pakistan...Please say no to politics on this event.. Thank you PCB Thank you PSL
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Mar 02, 2017 06:50pm
@Akif I already got ticket I'm definitely going with my family. Can't wait for 5th March. Pakistan zindabad
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Mar 02, 2017 06:52pm
@Imran ICC plans to expand cricket to India. After that, the rest of the India. And finally, to the remaining India.
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Mar 02, 2017 06:53pm
PLEAS ARRANGE THE TICKET RS 500
4 TICKET
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Mar 02, 2017 07:42pm
Kindly don't play politics with the public. Since tickets had not been able to sell to this segment, now want to sell to the public. If the public is sensible, they should boycott buying.
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Mar 03, 2017 05:13am
I am from Karachi but very pleased to hear that final will be playing in beloved Lahore city.
The enemies try to fail PSL by spot fixing but thanks to HBL and all Cricket fans like us made it successful.
Congrats to all team Players and PSL management from Ahmar Niazi.
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