The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) on Monday announced the ticket price for the two-Test Bangladesh series which is set to begin on August 21 in Rawalpindi.
The Test matches will be played as part of the World Test Championship (WTC) 2023-25 as both teams are eager to perform and strengthen their position on the WTC points table.
“The tickets for the two-match Test series between Pakistan and Bangladesh will go on sale online from 13 August from 1700 PST at PCB.tcs.com.pk. Also, to facilitate fans, the physical tickets will be available to purchase from different outlets from 16 August after 09.00am,” the PCB said in a presser.
“The tickets for both Test matches have been kept at an affordable rate. The minimum rate starts at Rs. 50 (General enclosure/ Wasim Bari enclosure in Karachi) and goes up to Rs. 250,000 (full hospitality box) at the NBS in Karachi.
“The tickets of the premium enclosures (Miran Baksh, Sohail Tanvir and Yasir Arafat) at the Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium will be available to the fans at Rs. 200. VIP enclosures (Imran Khan and Javed Miandad) on weekdays will be available at RS. 500, while on weekends, it will be available for Rs. 600.
“At the RCS, the Gallery pass, which includes lunch and tea, will be available at Rs. 2,800, while Platinum box, also including lunch and tea, will be available at Rs. 12,500. The fans can get the full hospitality box for Rs. 200,000 each.”
The PCB also confirmed that the ticket prices for the first-class enclosure will be Rs. 100 and the premium enclosures will be Rs. 200.
“In Karachi, first-class enclosures (Asif Iqbal, Majid Khan, Waqar Hasan and Zaheer Abbas) will be available at Rs. 100. Fans will have to pay Rs. 200 for premium enclosures (Imran Khan, Quaid and Wasim Akram), while VIP enclosures (Fazal Mahmood, Hanif Mohammad and Javed Miandad) will be available at Rs. 400 on weekdays and Rs. 500 on weekends.
“Each hospitality box seat (including lunch and tea) in Karachi will be charged at Rs. 12,500, while a platinum shared box at the Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium will be available at the same price.”
Squads
Bangladesh: Najmul Hossain Shanto (c), Mahmudul Hasan Joy, Zakir Hasan, Shadman Islam, Mominul Haque, Mushfiqur Rahim, Shakib Al Hasan, Litton Kumar Das, Mehidy Hasan Miraz, Taijul Islam, Nayeem Hasan, Nahid Rana, Shoriful Islam, Hasan Mahmud, Taskin Ahmed, Syed Khaled Ahmed
Pakistan: Shan Masood (captain), Saud Shakeel (vice-captain), Aamir Jamal (subject to Fitness), Abdullah Shafique, Abrar Ahmed, Babar Azam, Kamran Ghulam, Khurram Shahzad, Mir Hamza, Mohammad Ali, Mohammad Huraira, Mohammad Rizwan (wicket-keeper), Naseem Shah, Saim Ayub, Salman Ali Agha, Sarfaraz Ahmed (wicket-keeper) and Shaheen Shah Afridi
Series schedule
1st Test: August 21 - 25 @ Pindi Cricket Stadium
2nd Test: August 30 - 4 September @ National Bank Stadium
