8 October 1998
Wills International Cup: Tickets go on sale on 20 October
Our Sports Reporter
The tickets of the Wills International Cup, to be held at the
Bangabandhu National Stadium from October 24, will go on sale from
October 20, Tanveer Mazhar Islam Tanna, a Bangladesh Cricket Board
vice-president and member-secretary of the ticket and seating
sub-committee said yesterday.
IFIC Bank has bought the rights to sell tickets through its 12
branches in the capital. The bank, which also sold tickets of the
Second Asian Cup in Dhaka way back in 1988, bid the highest 30 lakh
Taka ahead of two other banks - City and Al-Baraka who offered 2.5
million each.
According to Mr. Islam, the name of the branches will be announced
today.
In order to avoid any security leaks, the Bangladesh Cricket Board
will use hologram image on the tickets for the first time. The
hologram will carry the BCB logo.
The rate of the tickets for each of the eight matches are:
Western gallery - Tk 150,
Eastern gallery- Tk 120,
VIP - Tk 1500,
Club house (west) - Tk 1200,
Club house (east) - Tk 1000,
International gallery (for foreigners only) - Tk 750.
Besides, BCB has also prepared 16 air-conditioned and 24 non
air-conditioned hospitality boxes which have already been sold at the
rate of Tk 2.5 and two lakh respectively.
The day-night knock-out tournament involving nine Test playing
nations will begin with the inaugural match between New Zealand and
Zimbabwe which is considered as the only pre-quarterfinal of the
eight-match tournament.
The next match, the first quarterfinal, will be played on October 25
between England and South Africa while World Champions Sri Lanka will
meet the winners of the first match between New Zealand and Zimbabwe
in the second quarterfinal on October 26.
After a day of break on October 27, the evening of which the official
dinner will be hosted, India will meet Australia in the third
quarterfinal on October 28 followed by the last quarterfinal between
Pakistan and West Indies on October 29. The two semifinals are billed
for October 30 and 31 while the final will be played on November 1.
Asif Iqbal, the former Pakistan Test captain and the event-manager of
the Wills International Cup, will arrive in the capital today from
Sharjah. This time Asif will stay until the tournament ends on
November 1.
Source :: The Bangladesh Daily Star (https://www.dailystarnews.com)