India Vs Pakistan Asia Cup 2023: Special Ticket Sales On Offer For Big Clash In Kandy, Check HERE

Team India will take on Pakistan in their first match of the Asia Cup 2023 at the Pallekele Stadium in Kandy on Saturday.

Team India will take on arch-rivals Pakistan in an Asia Cup 2023 match in Kandy. (Photo: ANI)

Kandy: With the clash between the arch-rivals generating so much interest, the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) have offered a special deal for the much-anticipated contest between India and Pakistan here on September 2. The fans are encouraged to take advantage of this limited-time offer for the clash at the Pallekele International Cricket Stadium. They can secure seats at special offers and become a part of the electrifying atmosphere.

The offer includes limited tickets for the Grass Embankment and Scorecard Grass Embankment at Pallekele International Cricket Stadium for the special Asia Cup showdown, the Sri Lanka Cricket informed in a release on Thursday. The tickets will be available at Rs 1,500 (LKR).

Breaking- Ticket Price Reduced 9600/- to 1500/- (Grass Banks) at Pallekale for Pakistan v India Game on 2nd September - Saturday

The fans can buy tickets on the spot from Abeetha Ground box office in Kandy. #Asiacup2023 pic.twitter.com/mAL93DaDGP — Nibraz Ramzan (@nibraz88cricket) August 31, 2023

Also, the same scheme will be available for the match between India and Nepal on September 4 with tickets available at the same price. Further, in an exclusive option for fans, a package for both games will be available for Rs. 2,560 (LKR). The fans can buy tickets on the spot from the Ground box office in Kandy, the release said.

Asia Cup 2023 host Pakistan face flak due to THIS reason

Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) is facing strong criticism from fans and a few former players over the omission of country’s name on the official Asia Cup 2023 logo on participating teams’ jerseys. Former captain Rashid Latif was among those who lashed out at the board soon after the Pakistan team took the field against Nepal in the opening match of the Asia Cup 2023 in Multan on Wednesday.

Though Asia Cup 2023 is jointly staged by Pakistan and Sri Lanka, the former is the host of the tournament. “This is unacceptable and it is the Asian Cricket Council which must explain this oversight since the Asia Cup is their property,” he said.

Since the hue and cry, PCB unofficially has tried to play down the situation by saying that the ACC had taken a decision after last year’s Asia Cup that the host country’s name would not be given with the Asia Cup 2023 logo in future events. But most Pakistani cricket fans on social media are not willing to accept this explanation. Some have even questioned that even if the ACC had taken such a decision, why did the PCB agree to it since Pakistan was hosting a multi-team event after 15-years.

“Makes no sense at all. Then why has the ACC given the host country's name on the logos for their Asian Emerging Nations Cup or their Asian under-16 event held in July in Malaysia,” former Test batsman Mohsin Khan questioned.

Mohsin Khan said the ACC should clear the confusion. Another former player who didn’t want to be named believes that Jay Shah, the President of the ACC and secretary of the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI), was the reason for Pakistan not being acknowledged as the host nation on the official logo.

“Given the current scenario between the two countries perhaps the BCCI official felt it would be embarrassing for the Indian team players to wear kits with the name of Pakistan on the official Asia Cup logo,” he said.

Rashid Latif didn’t rule out this possibility and said what had happened was embarrassing and needed to be clarified.