Dubai, Sept. 11 -- The highly anticipated India-Pakistan match in the T20 Asia Cup is facing an unusual slump in ticket sales, with the window still open and sales trickling in at a slow pace, despite being less than three days away from the fixture.

Despite introducing a single ticket format to make purchases more accessible, organisers haven't seen a significant boost in sales, with the numbers remaining sluggish ahead of the match. India is set to clash with Pakistan on September 14.

An Emirates Cricket official speculated that the lower ticket sales might be due to the absence of star Indian players Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli, who retired from the shortest format of the game after India's victory in the T20 World Cup against South...