ICC T20 World Cup 2016 tickets: How to book tickets online

With just over 10 days to go for the tournament, the tickets for the 2016 ICC World T20 has gone on sale. The ticket sales for five out of the eight venues have started while the dates for the remaining three venues are not yet revealed.

BCCI has appointed BookMyShow as the ticketing agency for the ICC World T20 and the phase 1 of the ICC WT20 ticket sale went live earlier today. Phase 1 includes the ticket sales for all matches being played, including the women’s fixtures (excluding India matches and the Semi Finals & Final of the men’s and women’s events).

Phase 1 of the ticket sale will see tickets go on sale for the matches that are scheduled to take place at Bangalore, Chennai, Mohali, Dharamsala and Kolkata. The sale of tickets for the matches to be held in Mumbai, Nagpur and Delhi will be in Phase 2, for which the dates will be announced shortly.

Only two tickets will be given to a person for India matches and for non-India matches, a person can get as many as six tickets.

The ICC also said that “Considering the demand and in order to ensure a fair opportunity and equal distribution of tickets amongst all the eager fans, limited inventory of tickets for Seven of the highly sought after matches (4 India matches, 2 semi-finals and the final) will be sold online through a unique lottery system which will be monitored by a reputed auditing agency.

“The fans need to register by filling up an online registration form, indicating their preferred match after which they will be automatically enrolled into the draw. The interested users who register for a match of their choice will be automatically moved to a draw and then through an automated process, the winners will be chosen.

The winners from the random draw will then be given an opportunity to buy tickets for the match they have opted for and will receive a payment link to complete their booking. The window to register will be open for seven days only, starting 25th February 2016.

“ICC World Twenty20 2016 is a highly anticipated event in the international cricket calendar. It’s therefore imperative we maintain an equal opportunity programme for anyone who is interested in watching these matches at the stadium. BCCI will ensure to enable a smooth execution of this procedure and ensure every fan gets a fair chance to purchase tickets for their preferred match” said Mr. Shashank Manohar, Chairman ICC and President BCCI.

The tickets can be booked here