Rise in ticket demand for Kohli’s lone Test in Adelaide

Sydney, Nov 13 : There has been an increase in demand for tickets for December’s first India-Australia Test for the Border-Gavaskar Trophy to be played at the Adelaide Oval after it was confirmed that it will be the lone Test that Indian skipper Virat Kohli will play in the four-match series.
According to Melbourne-based cafe owner Angadh Singh Oberoi, who runs the Swami Army supporter group of Indian cricket fans and will be dishing out the tickets via a ballot, the demand for tickets in the group has been particularly high for the series opener.
“There’s a lot of interest in the day-night Test because we’re getting inundated with requests for that. So there is certainly demand but it’s whether all the logistics and ticketing can come together in time for it,” Oberoi was quoted as saying by The Sydney Morning Herald.
“We’ve been in discussions with Cricket Australia about numbers. They seemed a little bit optimistic that it might extend beyond the 25,000 but who knows?” said Oberoi.
Oberoi acknowledged travel restrictions in Australia due to Covid pandemic.
“We’ve put in a request for a couple of hundred to start with, to see how that goes. Obviously, travel between states and from overseas is compromised at the moment so we’re not having expectations of a few years ago where we had a few thousand each day. It’s a lot different this time around,” he said.