PSL final tickets precious for fans

ISLAMABAD: Cricket-starved fans in Lahore aren't too worried about which foreign players are coming for Sunday's Pakistan Super League final. They just want to know where they can buy tickets.

PSL organizers claimed that 10,000 tickets at the 27,000-capacity Gaddafi Stadium will be sold for $5 for the final. The remaining tickets were priced at $38, $76 and $114.

However, hundreds of fans around the city of Lahore on Wednesday went from bank to bank looking for tickets.

The Pakistan Cricket Board has issued tickets ranging from Rs.500 to Rs.12,000; however, the tickets became precious for fans. Cheap tickets were sold out within hours, leaving the fans frustrated and angry.

Even a day later, long queues of the desperate fans were witnessed.

The organizers have also made it mandatory for every buyer to produce original National Identity Card at the time of buying a ticket.

As a security precaution, entry to the stadium will only be made once the spectator shows his or her ID at various security checkpoints on Sunday. - Samaa