Virat Kohli craze hits Visakhapatnam; Ticket sales for IND vs SA 3rd ODI surge instantly after hundred in Ranchi

The Virat Kohli craze has hit Visakhapatnam even before the former India captain landed on the Port City. With the series locked at 1-1 after the first two games, the third ODI between India and South Africa at the ACA-VDCA Stadium on Saturday will be nothing short of a cracker of a contest.

According to a report on The Indian Express, tickets sales for the series-decider in Visakhapatnam weren't much as it was expected. Notably, the Andhra Cricket Association (ACA) went fully online this time with the ticket sales. But the tickets were sold out in the blink of an eye after Kohli's match-winning hundred in Ranchi on November 30.

The tickets were priced between ₹1200 to ₹18000. “The first phase of tickets went on sale on November 28. The response wasn’t good. But a day before the second phase went on sale, Kohli scored that hundred at Ranchi. That changed everything.

"All of us know he has an outstanding record here… so when the second and third phase tickets went online, they vanished in minutes," Y Venkatesh, a member of ACA Media and Operations team, told the outlet.