900,000 Applications for One Bangladesh World Cup Match as Total Passes 120 Million

The 2027 ODI World Cup is still 11 months away, but the rush for tickets has already begun. More than 120 million ticket applications have so far been received from cricket fans in 193 countries, the International Cricket Council (ICC) has said. Of those, 900,000 applications are for a single Bangladesh match.

The ODI World Cup will be held in October-November 2027, jointly hosted by South Africa, Namibia and Zimbabwe. In a press release on Monday, the ICC disclosed the number of applications received for several matches, including the final.

The Bangladesh-England match has drawn 900,000 applications. The match will be played on 8 October next year in Windhoek, the capital of Namibia.

Applications for the India-Pakistan match stand at 8,397,294. The clash between the two arch-rivals will be held on 10 October next year at the Wanderers in Johannesburg, which will also host the final on 21 November. The title-deciding match has drawn nearly 7.9 million applications.

So far, 2.8 million individual fans from 193 countries have expressed interest in watching the tournament's matches in person, and more than 32 million registrations have been completed for various matches. The Cricket World Cup returns to African soil after a long gap of 24 years.

South Africa, the United Kingdom, India, the United States and Australia lead the ticket registrations. More than 14.9 million ticket applications have come from the African continent alone.

The 41 matches to be held at eight venues in South Africa have drawn more than 105 million applications, including nearly 26 million for the host team's 11 matches. In Zimbabwe, applications have passed 13 million; the Zimbabwe-India match on 24 October at the new Mosi-oa-Tunya International Cricket Stadium in Victoria Falls has drawn more than 3.3 million. The six matches at the Namibia Cricket Ground in Windhoek have received more than 2 million applications.

Fourteen teams will take part in the 2027 World Cup. A total of 57 matches will be played across 12 cities in South Africa, Zimbabwe and Namibia.

The deadline for ticket registration is 11:59 pm on 21 November, Central African Time. Those who do not register by the deadline will not have a chance to get tickets through the lottery.