Delhi: The fourth match of the five-match T20 International series between India and New Zealand will be played at Eden Park in Auckland on Friday. Around 40 thousand spectators are expected to arrive to watch this match. All tickets for the match have been sold. This match may rank third among the matches attracting the most spectators of international cricket in the history of Eden Park.

It is known that the Indian team has already taken an unassailable 3-0 lead in the series. During this time, a huge crowd of spectators has been seen in the first three matches. New Zealand Cricket (NZC) has also confirmed that the tickets for this match have been completely sold out.

Abhishek Sharma and Vaibhav Suryavanshi's storm

In the third T20 match, India defeated New Zealand by six wickets. In this match played in Wellington, Abhishek Sharma and Vaibhav Suryavanshi batted brilliantly and added 133 runs for the first wicket. India achieved the target of 199 runs in just 13.2 overs. Abhishek scored 113 runs in just 38 balls. His innings included 9 fours and 11 sixes.

New record will be made in Eden Park

More spectators than this had reached Eden Park in only two international cricket matches. About 41 thousand people watched the match between New Zealand and South Africa in the 2015 World Cup semi-finals. At the same time, in 1982, about 42 thousand spectators were present in the ODI match between New Zealand and Australia.

New Zealand cricket excited

New Zealand Cricket official Glenn Critchley said that so far more than 1.26 lakh tickets have been sold for this series, of which 71 thousand tickets are for T20 matches. He said that such a large number of spectators at Eden Park is better than expected and Friday's match is likely to be memorable.