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NEWS Pakistan in India 2005>Tickets for Delhi ODI sold out within hours 15th Apr 2005 19.01 IST By Agencies After waiting hours and in some cases days for a ticket to the high-profile Indo-Pak match in New Delhi, only a few were rewarded for their patience today. Just a few hundred fans today managed to lay their hands on the elusive tickets for Sunday's match after braving the scorching sun and the tight security arrangements, but there were many more who had to go back empty handed as these were sold out within hours.
Delhi and District Cricket Association (DDCA) had earmarked 12,150 tickets for the general public for the sixth and last one-dayer to be played at Ferozeshah Kotla ground. Out of these, it handed over 2,050 tickets to Pakistan Cricket Board for the fans from that country. Another 3,000 tickets for the DDCA League Club members meant that only 7,000 tickets were left for common fans. Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf will be among a host of dignitaries who will watch the match. Though the ticket counters opened only at 10.30 a.m., fans who did not want to take any chances had lined up from last evening itself. "I had camped here from five p.m. last evening for this ticket," said a jubilant and bleary-eyed Rishipal Singh, the first to buy a ticket at the Parliament Street branch. "I am going to gift it to my son Ankur who had performed very well in his Class 11 examination," he said. Also View In-Depth Coverage: Pakistan in India 2005 Team Page: India Team Page: Pakistan | LIVE CRICKET COVERAGE NEWS ~ Gilchrist has no plans to retire after World Cup ~ Ganguly's new batting approach may cost him sixer record ~ India 'squash the Orange' in World Cup warm-up game ~ Symonds gets a new hairdo for World Cup ~ Dhoni readies himself for stand-up act at World Cup (more in NEWS) FACE-TO-FACE ~ 500-mark a possibility in World Cup: Hayden ~ Minnows add charm to World Cup: Dravid (more in FACE-TO-FACE) COLUMNS ~ Will Sri Lanka replicate 1996 World Cup success? (more in COLUMNS) OFF-THE-FIELD ~ Ganguly again the darling of corporate world ~ Ganguly roped in as brand ambassador of Puma (more in OFF-THE-FIELD) PLAYERS Sachin Tendulkar, Sourav Ganguly, Rahul Dravid, Anil Kumble (more PLAYERS) TEAMS India, South Africa, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Australia, West Indies, Zimbabwe, England, New Zealand, Bangladesh, Kenya, Holland | 
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