ICC World Cup 2023 Tickets App And Website Crash For 40 Minutes Due To Huge Traffic

New Delhi:

The much-delayed sale of tickets for the ODI World Cup began on Friday but fans had a tough time booking them with the official website not working for a good 35 to 40 minutes. The opening day of ticket sales was reserved for non-India matches, including the warm-ups. However, the process stared at 8 pm local time and soon after fans complained of the ‘Bookmyshow’ application crashing amid a mad rush to book the tickets. ‘Bookmyshow’ is the ticketing partner for the World Cup beginning October 5. “This is really frustrating – after such a delayed announcement of ticket sales, if the basic systems infrastructure is not in place, it speaks very poorly of the mighty BCCI and ICC. Events like these are organised world over and systems like lotteries and ticket queues are common. Why are those not in pace for such a large event,” Delhi-based fan Atirav Kapur told PTI on Friday.