The second Test between India and Egland will see the audiences attending a sporting event for the first time ever in India since the first Covid-19 lockdown was imposed in March 2019. A total of 15 thousand tickets were up for sale out of the 33,500 available for the public in the entire stadium and within the first 60 minutes of the opening of the sale on Paytm’s official app, all the tickets were sold out.
"The tickets (for the second Test match between India and England) have been sold out. In less than an hour, around 10,000 tickets were sold," Moneycontrol quoted RS Ramasaamy, Secretary, Tamil Nadu Cricket Association (TNCA) as saying.
The TNCA, however, revealed that out of the 15 thousand available tickets, around four thousand were blocked for members and only 10 thousand were on sale for the public. The range of the tickets fell between Rs 100 and Rs 200.
Talking about the safety precautions for the public, Ramasaamy explained that the board has made necessary arrangement for sanitisers and temperature check systems.
“We have 17 entrances to the stadium, and we are going to have people manning them with hand sanitisers and temperature checks. Plus, a mask is mandatory. There are medical kiosks on the ground. In addition, we have an isolation room, medical room and we have four ambulances placed on the ground,” Ramasaamy said.
Having won the first Test in Chennai itself, England would come with more vigour in the second one starting from 13th February at the MA Chidambaram Stadium.