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VCA apologises for ticket fiasco

The Vidarbha Cricket Association, host of the Saturday’s India-South Africa World Cup Group B match, has apologised for the inconvenience caused to cricket fans during ticket sales on Tuesday.

 

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Published: Mar 09, 2011, 01:16 PM (IST)
Edited: Mar 09, 2011, 01:16 PM (IST)

VCA apologises for ticket fiasco

VCA says sorry for inconvenience caused to fans during ticket sales on Tuesday

By CricketCountry Staff

 

Nagpur: Mar 9, 2011

 

The Vidarbha Cricket Association, host of the Saturday’s India-South Africa World Cup Group B match, has apologised for the inconvenience caused to cricket fans during ticket sales on Tuesday.

 

“We are extremely sorry for inconveniences to cricket fans who had turned up in large numbers for the lower denominations tickets,” VCA president Sudhir Dabir told reporters here. “We had made adequate arrangements for the smooth ticket sale but the situation went beyond our expectations,” he said.

 

Dabir said that all the arrangements for the ticket sale were made as per guidelines of top police officials.

 

He adding that about 15,000 tickets of East and West stand of Rs. 300 and Rs. 600 denomination were sold out completely.

 

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