Pakistan Super League final all online tickets were sold out on the first day.
The online tickets priced for the Wasim Akram and the Waqar Younis enclosures were Rs. 12000.
On Tuesday PCB Chairman Shahryar Khan announced that a thousand tickets will be sold for Rs500. Prices range from Rs500 to Rs12000.
Long queues were observed as early as 7:00 AM outside the banks. Many expressed their dismay over the fact that banks were not selling the cheapest tickets that cost Rs500.
At the same time the sale of tickets also started in fifteen branches of the Bank of the Punjab in the city where spectators lined up since dawn.
At some branches law enforcement agencies were deployed to control the diehard lovers of the game who at some stages lost their patience owing to slow process of issuing the tickets.
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At Egerton road branch a big strength of ticket buyers instead of buying the tickets at dedicated window forcibly tried to enter the bank premises which forced the bank management to lock down the doors.
“I came early morning to get the ticket and finally I got it”, said Aamir Nadeem a student of a local college while talking to APP.
Another group of students of a local college said they are delighted to have the tickets as they came very early to buy the tickets.
Bank managers at different branches told APP that they are selling the tickets according to the policy of the Pakistan Cricket Board.
“We got the tickets of Rs 500 in less quantity which were sold out on first come first serve basis”, they continued.
The PSL final set to be held on Sunday, March 5 at the Gaddafi Stadium. (PhotoNews /Agencies)
