Pakistan(National Times)- Tickets for the highly-anticipated ICC Men’s Champions Trophy 2025 match between arch-rivals Pakistan and India have been sold out in less than an hour after the tickets for the mega tournament went on sale. Cricket enthusiasts rushed to the tickets’ sales website with more than 140,000 fans queuing up online to get their hands on the tickets for the match scheduled to take place at Dubai International Cricket Stadium on February 23. The development comes as the Champions Trophy tickets went up for grabs on Monday for both the matches set to take place in Pakistan as well as four fixtures scheduled in Dubai as the tournament is being played under a hybrid format with India set to play their matches in the United Arab Emirates.Play Video Pakistan will host a total of 10 matches in their country, while four matches, including all three of India’s group-stage matches and the first semi-final in Dubai. The final of the Champions Trophy — set to begin on  February 19 with the Green Shirts taking on New Zealand in the inaugural fixture —  is scheduled to be played in Lahore, but if India qualifies, then it will be held in Dubai. The minimum ticket price for the Pakistan-India match in Dubai was AED500 and went up to as high as AED12,500. The tickets for the Pak-India match were sold out for a total of AED45.6 million — Rs3.4 billion — with the venue having the capacity to entertain 25,000 spectators. Meanwhile, the tickets for all the matches set to take place in Dubai were sold out for AED88.5 million. With the exception of Pakistan-India match, the ticket prices for Dubai’s matches start from as low as AED125. On the other hand, the physical sale of tickets for the Pakistan-hosted matches of the eight-team tournament were made available for purchase across 108 designated centres in 26 cities nationwide a day earlier. The tickets for the highly-anticipated final of the tournament, scheduled to be played on March 9, will be put on sale after the conclusion of the first semi-final. It is to be noted that the eight-team tournament, comprising 15 matches, will run from February 19 to March 9, across three venues — Karachi, Lahore and Rawalpindi — in Pakistan along with the Dubai stadium. The eight teams are divided into two groups. Group A features Pakistan, India, New Zealand and Bangladesh, while Group B is comprised of Afghanistan, South Africa, England and Australia.