Kochi IPL ticket sale begins |IPL season 4 Kochi ticket sale begins

Opening the doors to Indian Premier League action, the ticket sales for the Kochi Tuskers Kerala’s home matches were inaugurated here on Monday. Marking the occasion, Kochi Cricket Private Ltd co-chairman Mehul Shah handed over the first ticket to Federal Bank CEO and managing director Shyam Srinivasan. The Federal Bank is the bankiwwwng partner of KTK.

The tickets ranging from `400 to `15,000 will be sold in three modules - online, retail outlet sales at Federal Bank branches and through the counters at the venue.
Tickets for the grand stand, which offers a view from behind the sight-screen at the South End, are priced at Rs 15,000 while Rs 10,000 is the cost for tier II seats in the corporate box.

In other parts of the gallery, tier III tickets are available at Rs 400 while tier II costs Rs 600. Chairs, in tier I, range from Rs 1,000 to 5,000.

The online sales have got underway through www.kochiteam.com and www.kyazoonga.com , the official ticketing partners.

The retail outlet sales will begin on April 5 while counters at the venue will start functioning three days before the opening match against Royal Challengers Bangalore, slated for April 9.

The KTK representatives pointed out that those buying season tickets for all the five matches can avail themselves of discount of 15 percent.

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Kochi Tuskers promo video to be unveiled tomorrow |IPL 4 Kochi Tuskers Kerala Video

With just three days left for its maiden Indian Premier League (IPL) appearance, Kochi Tuskers Kerala are all set to launch the team logo and promotional video here Wednesday.

‘All this would be done by the team promoters here tomorrow,’ the team’s media coordinator said Tuesday.

The promo video, directed by ace Bollywood director Priyadarshan, is expected to showcase the state’s scenic backwaters and martial arts.

The key actors in the video include some of the prominent stars of the Tuskers team.
The first ever IPL match of the home team will be against Royal Challengers Bangalore at the newly refurbished 52,000-seater Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium here Saturday.

Local boy Sreesanth, who returned home after being a part of the World Cup winning Indian squad, will be the star attraction of the team, to be led by Sri Lankan Mahela Jayawardane.

The other key members of the team include Australians Steven Smith, Mathew Klinger, Brad Hodge, John Hastings and hard hitting New Zealand batsmen Brendon McCullum.
The team is being coached by former Australian pacer Geoff Lawson.

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