A cricket fan has offered one of his kidneys in exchange for a ticket to the semifinal between India and Pakistan.
|||Mohali - Desperate fans continued to flock to the PCA Stadium on Monday in the hope of buying a ticket for Wednesday's World Cup semifinal between India and Pakistan.
A local television report suggested several thousand more seats for the much-hyped showdown might be released on Monday and a queue of about 250 people had built up outside the ticket office by mid-morning.
However, an official for the Punjab Cricket Association insisted that no more tickets would go on sale. The PCA has maintained for days that the match between the two fierce rivals at the 28 000-capacity stadium is sold out.
That has not stopped people gathering outside the ticket office every day as anticipation builds ahead of Wednesday's much-hyped showdown.
Meanwhile, the police are continuing their efforts to prevent black-market dealing. A software engineer was arrested late on Sunday for trying to sell five tickets online at a cost of 24 000 rupees ($535) each - nearly 100 times their face value.
One man outside the PCA Stadium was filmed holding a sign offering one of his kidneys in return for a ticket. - Sapa-AP
Source: http://www.iol.co.za/fans-clamour-for-semifinal-tickets-1.1048540
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