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Cricket: Fan frenzy as tickets for Australia v India sell out in less than one day

Melbourne: Tickets for five of the upcoming six limited-overs fixtures between Australia and India beginning next week, have been sold out in less than a day after being released, Cricket Australia said on Friday.

The limited-overs series will begin with the three ODIs from November 27. Limited tickets to the first ODI at the SCG, however, remain with approximately 1,900 public seats left.

Tickets for the four matches at the Sydney Cricket and two at Canberra’s Manuka Oval went on sale to the general public on Friday morning and by midday the only seats up for grabs were for the first ODI at the SCG.

Both SCG and Manuka Oval will be at 50 per cent capacity for the series due to restrictions put in place amid COVID-19 pandemic.

“The second and third ODIs at the SCG and Manuka Oval respectively have been exhausted while the Manuka Oval T20 and two SCG T20s are sold out,” Cricket Australia said in a release.

“Both the SCG and Manuka Oval will be at 50 per cent capacity for series, with fans voting with their feet after ticket prices were frozen from the last time India came to Australia in 2018/19,” it added.

Following the limited-overs leg, the two teams will contest in the much-anticipated four-Test series beginning December 17 at the Adelaide Oval.