Long queues as PSL 3 final tickets go on sale in Karachi centres

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KARACHI: Cricket fanatics queued up from early Thursday morning to buy tickets of the Pakistan Super League 3 final, which will mark the return of international cricket in the city.

The tickets for the much-awaited final in Karachi are being sold at 32 designated TCS Express Centers across the city.

The tickets went on sale at Yayvo.com at midnight, immediately after which the site crashed.

The site was restored at 3am and within a few minutes, the tickets between the range of Rs1,000 and Rs4,000 were sold out.

The tournament final will be played at Karachi’s National Stadium on March 25.

The price range of the tickets is Rs1,000 to Rs12,000. The tickets are being sold on a first-come, first-serve basis.

A maximum of five tickets can be purchased on a single CNIC.

Ticket details

General Enclosure: Rs 1,000

First Class: Rs 4,000

Premium: Rs 8,000

VIP: Rs 12,000

‘Don’t ask for passes’

Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) chairman Najam Sethi has urged people to not ask him for passes as the demand for tickets of the knockout stages surges.

Sethi addressed “family, friends, govt top dogs, corporate bigwigs, vips, vip wannabes, ALL to BUY tickets online or from TCS centres in Lahore and Karachi”.

“You can all afford to pay,” he added.