{"id":232546,"date":"2021-12-15T12:51:48","date_gmt":"2021-12-15T07:21:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/apnlive.com\/?p=232546"},"modified":"2021-12-15T14:00:29","modified_gmt":"2021-12-15T08:30:29","slug":"pakistan-west-indies-free-tickets-pcb","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/apnlive.com\/sports-news\/pakistan-west-indies-free-tickets-pcb\/","title":{"rendered":"Pakistan vs West Indies: PCB to allow free entry for ODI series after thousands of tickets goes unsold during T20 series"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The Pakistan Cricket Board might allow free entry for fans into Karachi stadium for the upcoming ODI series against West Indies. Earlier in the third T20 match against West Indies in the Karachi stadium, there were very few fans in the stadium.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Even, the PCB issued a statement over the lack of fans in the stadium despite the tremendous performances by the Pakistan cricket team in recent times. Though it is still not clear if the PCB will allow free entry in the ODI series between Pakistan and West Indies.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As per reports, only 35 per cent of tickets were sold in the first T20 match, and approx 18,000 tickets went unsold in the second match as well. Some fans complained on social sites that they are facing difficulties in buying tickets online.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Read Also<strong>:<a href=\"https:\/\/apnlive.com\/virat-kohli-rohit-sharma-captain-anurag-thakur\/\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/apnlive.com\/virat-kohli-rohit-sharma-captain-anurag-thakur\/\"> Virat Kohli-Rohit Sharma captaincy rift: Nobody is bigger than sports, <\/a><\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/apnlive.com\/virat-kohli-rohit-sharma-captain-anurag-thakur\/\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/apnlive.com\/virat-kohli-rohit-sharma-captain-anurag-thakur\/\">says Anurag Thakur on ongoing controversies around team India camp<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/apnlive.com\/author\/apnnewsdesk\/\"><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Incredibly sad to see an empty stadium in Karachi for the <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/PAKvWIt20?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#PAKvWIt20<\/a> especially after the performance of Pakistan Team in the last month. I\u2019m pretty sure I know why but I want to hear from you! Tell me, where is the crowd and why??<\/p>&mdash; Wasim Akram (@wasimakramlive) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/wasimakramlive\/status\/1470668846315016195?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 14, 2021<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>According to reports, a meeting of senior PCB officials was held at the National Stadium in Karachi, where they discussed the possibility of free entry for fans in the upcoming ODI series.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As of now, Pakistan has defeated West Indies in two T20 matches in the three-match series and has already won the series. On December 16, Babar Azam-led Pak team will play the last match of the T20 series and will look for the clean sweep over Windies.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The ODI series between Pakistan and West Indies will commence from December 18 at the National Stadium in Karachi, Pakistan.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Pakistan team for the ODI series:<\/strong> Babar Azam (captain) Shadab Khan (vice-captain), Asif Ali, Fakhar Zaman, Haider Ali, Haris Rauf, Iftikhar Ahmed, Imam-ul-Haq, Khushdil Shah, Mohammad Nawaz, Mohammad Rizwan (wicketkeeper), Mohammad Wasim Jnr, Mohammad Hasnain, Usman Qadir, Saud Shakeel, Shaheen Shah Afridi, Shahnawaz Dahani.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>West <\/strong>I<strong>ndies team for ODI series:<\/strong> Shai Hope (captain), Nicholas Pooran, Darren Bravo, Shamarh Brooks, Roston Chase, Justin Greaves, Akeal Hosein, Alzarri Joseph, Gudakesh Motie, Anderson Phillip, Raymon Reifer, Romario Shepherd, Odean Smith, Hayden Walsh Jr, Devon Thomas.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Nobody Is Bigger Than Sports, Says Anurag Thakur On Virat Kohli - Rohit Sharma Rift Before IND Vs SA\" width=\"740\" height=\"416\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/t9aMohNDIDo?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>only 35 per cent of tickets were sold in the first T20 match, and approx 18,000 tickets went unsold in the second match as well<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":232570,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_eb_attr":"","footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"Pakistan vs West Indies: PCB to allow free entry for ODI series after thousands of tickets goes unsold during T20 series\n\n#PAKvsWI #PCB #Pakistan ","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true},"categories":[1525,6],"tags":[114957,114958,7294,114955,114956,114959],"yst_prominent_words":[16073,21268,5107,44264],"ppma_author":[140543],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/d2r2ijn7njrktv.cloudfront.net\/apnlive\/uploads\/2021\/12\/15123627\/karachi-stadium.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"authors":[{"term_id":140543,"user_id":4,"is_guest":0,"slug":"apnnewsdesk","display_name":"APN Live","avatar_url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/478eacb893eda88aa6ed8d99b005bf58?s=96&r=g"}],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/apnlive.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/232546"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/apnlive.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/apnlive.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/apnlive.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/apnlive.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=232546"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/apnlive.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/232546\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/apnlive.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/232570"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/apnlive.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=232546"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/apnlive.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=232546"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/apnlive.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=232546"},{"taxonomy":"yst_prominent_words","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/apnlive.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/yst_prominent_words?post=232546"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/apnlive.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ppma_author?post=232546"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}<!-- html is corrupted -->