Australia-India Boxing Day Test tickets sold out for Day 1
What's the story
The 4th Test of the 2024/25 Border-Gavaskar Trophy, scheduled at the Melbourne Cricket Ground (MCG), is expected be a full house.
Cricket Australia, on Tuesday, confirmed that all tickets for the first day's play of this much-awaited Test match have been sold out.
The MCG, with its staggering capacity of 90,000 spectators, is likely to be filled to the brim for the entire Test.
Historic event
A first for Australian cricket
This is a historic moment in Australian cricket as for the first time, Boxing Day Test at the MCG other than the Ashes will have a full house on its opening day.
The ongoing Australia-India Test series Down Under has witnessed an unprecedented demand of tickets from fans of both teams.
This comes after record-breaking attendance in the 2nd Test match in Adelaide, which had 1,35,012 spectators over two and a half days.
Cricket calendar
Boxing Day Test: A special event
The Boxing Day Test, which will start on December 26 and go on till December 30, is one of the highlights of the cricketing calendar.
According to local media reports, it will be the first-ever non-Ashes Boxing Day Test to draw a crowd of more than 86,000 spectators.
This prediction means a record-breaking turnout for this special event in the cricket season.
Attendance records
Record-breaking attendance at Optus Stadium
Notably, the first two days of the first Test at Optus Stadium in Perth also broke the record for the highest attendance for any Test match here, with 31,302 and 32,368 spectators on the first two days, respectively.
The four-day match drew a total of 96,463 spectators.
According to Cricket Australia's press release, this was the second-highest turnout ever in Perth and highest at Perth Stadium.