Overview
- The ICC reported 120,809,467 ticket applications and about 2.8 million unique registrants from 193 countries as of 1 November 2026.
- South African fixtures drew the bulk of requests with over 105 million applications for 41 matches and nearly 26 million requests for games involving South Africa.
- Marquee fixtures attracted record interest with 8,397,294 applications for India v Pakistan and 7,900,944 for the Final, both scheduled in Johannesburg.
- The tournament’s co-hosts recorded strong regional demand: Zimbabwe passed 13.35 million applications with 3.3 million for Zimbabwe v India at Victoria Falls, and Namibia logged more than two million requests for Windhoek matches.
- Entry into the ballot is free, fans may apply once per person per match, more than 32 million match registrations have been made, and successful applicants will be chosen by random draw and notified by email after the 21 November deadline.