India takes on arch-rival Pakistan in a blockbuster T20 World Cup clash at the Melbourne Cricket Ground on Sunday, October 23. The preparations for the competition have started in the MCG. Both India and Pakistan had met at the T20 World Cup last year, with the Babar Azam-led squad taking a comprehensive 10-wicket win. The match in the MCG will be the first for both India and Pakistan in the competition. MCG, with a seating capacity of 100,024, recently hosted the Australia Football League (AFL) Grand Final.
And nine days after the final, the MCG posted a time-lapse video of the last-minute stadium preparations for the India-Pakistan game.
Just nine days ago, the ‘G hosted its last football match of the year.
Now it is ready for the summer. pic.twitter.com/aWjnrqW3lH
— Melbourne Cricket Ground (@MCG) October 4, 2022
In the AFL Grand Final, Geelong Football Club defeated Sydney Swans 20.13 (133): 8.4 (52) to equal the fifth biggest win in AFL/VFL history.
Geelong was on a 16-game winning run en route to the final.
This was the Cats’ 10th AFL triumph, and their first in 11 years.
Notably, the general ticket allocations have all been sold for an India-Pakistan meeting at the MCG.
More than 800,000 fans are expected to attend the global showcase for men’s T20 cricket for the first time in Australia, and there will still be ample opportunity for fans to secure seats for all other matches in the general public sale.
ICC Men’s T20 World Cup 2022 Local Organizing Committee CEO Michelle Enright said: “The response from the fans has been fantastic and we are proud to be able to reward our fans who bought tickets to the postponed 2020 event and those who attended early. registered us to get priority access to presale tickets.”
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The 2022 Men’s T20 World Cup will be held in Australia between October 16 and November 13 and will be played at seven venues: Melbourne, Sydney, Brisbane, Adelaide, Geelong, Hobart and Perth.
(with ANI inputs)
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