BBC News reported that organisers say 8.4 million people have applied for tickets to the India v Pakistan match at the Men's Cricket World Cup, which is scheduled to be played in Johannesburg in 2027. This story relies only on the BBC News summary and reports the figure as that summary gives it.
According to BBC News, the summary describes the figure as applications rather than confirmed ticket purchases. It does not say how many tickets are available for the match, how many applications were received in each category, when the application process opened or closed, or how tickets will be allocated among those who applied.
BBC News did not name the organisers in its summary, and the report does not say whether they provided further detail or a breakdown of the total. The summary also does not explain how the application figure was compiled or whether it counts any person more than once.
BBC News attributed the figure to organisers, and it has not been independently verified. No other outlet's reporting on the figure was available for this story, so it rests on a single source.
The BBC News summary gives only the venue, the year and the fixture as event details. It does not indicate whether the figure is final or will be updated, and further information on the ticket process was not included in the material reviewed for this story.
Sources: BBC News: Almost 8.4m ticket requests for India-Pakistan World Cup tie.