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        between India and Australia             Anthony Everard, Cricket  greatest in international sport  to the Australian Cricket Family.
        have been sold out after tick- Australia’s Executive General  and this series is shaping up as  It didn’t take long today for things
        ets went on sale this morning.  Manager of Fan Engagement,  an epic,” Everard said.                           to move quickly, with now just a
        “The second and third ODIs at  said that it showed fans cannot               “It’s been fantastic to see so  couple of thousand tickets re-
        the SCG and Manuka Oval re- wait for the men’s international  much interest in the ODI and  maining for the first ODI on No-
        spectively have been exhausted  season to begin. “The rivalry be- T20I Series, with the high de- vember 27 at the SCG,” he added.
        while the Manuka Oval T20I  tween the Australian and Indian  mand starting from yesterday                         Responding to the cricket
        and two SCG T20Is are sold  men’s cricket teams is one of the  with our pre-sale period offered  fan’s excitement, James All-
        out,” CA said in a release.                                                                                   sopp, Cricket ACT CEO, stated
                                                                                                                      that there was some genuine ex-
                                                                                                                      citement building in Canberra
        “limited tickets to the                                                                                       ahead of the two T20Is. “It is

        first odi on november 27                                                                                      fantastic to have such high-qual-
                                                                                                                      ity international cricket coming
        at the SCG remain, with                                                                                       to the ACT this summer and I

        approximately 1,900 pub-                                                                                      am not surprised that fans have
                                                                                                                      acted so quickly to ensure they
        lic seats left. Both the                                                                                      have a seat,” he said.
                                                                                                                          India’s tour of Australia will
        SCG and Manuka oval will                                                                                      begin with three ODIs on No-
        be at 50 per cent capacity                                                                                    vember 27, 29, and December 2.

        for series, with fans voting                                                                                  The first T20I will also be played
                                                                                                                      in Canberra on December 4 and
        with their feet after tick-                                                                                   the rest two on December 6 and

        et prices were frozen from                                                                                    8 at the Sydney Cricket Ground.
                                                                                                                          Also, the Indian side is set to
        the last time  india came                                                                                     play four Tests against Australia

        to Australia in 2018/19,”                                                                                     which will be a part of the Test
                                                                                                                      Championship and the winner
        it added.                                         Virat Kohli-led side now heads to Down Under                gets one step closer to the final,
                                                                                                                      scheduled in June 2021.


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