Harsh Goenka posted that a businessman was given a free pass to watch the World Cup final.
New Delhi:
Businessman Harsh Goenka's recent post regarding World Cup tickets has sparked a huge backlash from a section of society. In a post on social media site X, the RPG Group chairman said he had given free passes to businessmen to watch the World Cup final.
None of my business friends have ever paid for a ticket. #World Cup Final, all of them managed to get a “pass”. Ironically, it's the rich who don't want to pay for it.
— Harsh Goenka (@hvgoenka) November 18, 2023
In the post, a user asked Goenka about the outcome of the final, but Goenka did not respond either way.
Neither 🫣
— Harsh Goenka (@hvgoenka) November 18, 2023
The price of tickets for the finals soared to 187,000 rupees each. Looking at the prices on Cricket World Cup ticket resale website viagogo.com, the price for a tier 4 ticket was Rs 1,87,407 and the price for an adjacent tier ticket was Rs 1,57,421. The cheapest ticket price on this site was more than 32,000 rupees.
India will face Australia in the final of the ICC Cricket World Cup 2023 in front of a packed Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad today. Australia will be aiming for a record sixth World Cup title today, while India will be aiming for their third title.
The match will be the first rematch in 20 years since the 2003 World Cup final, when the two cricket-mad countries faced each other, with India aiming to reverse the result from the previous encounter.
India squad: Rohit Sharma (C), Shubman Gill, Virat Kohli, Shreyas Iyer, KL Rahul, Ravindra Jadeja, Shardul Thakur, Jasprit Bumrah, Mohammed Siraj, Kuldeep Yadav, Mohammed Shami, Ravichandran Ashwin, Ishan Kishan, Prasidh Krishna, Suryakumar Yadav.
Australia: Pat Cummins (C), Steve Smith, Alex Carey, Josh Inglis, Sean Abbott, Cameron Green, Josh Hazlewood, Travis Head, Marnus Labuschagne, Mitch Marsh, Glenn Max. Well, Marcus Stoinis, David Warner, Adam Zampa, Mitchell Starc.
