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KARACHI: Tickets for the first one-day international between Pakistan and India sold out within hours of sales being resumed on Monday.

On Sunday, ticket sales for Saturday's match at the National Stadium in Karachi were suspended after clashes between some of the thousands seeking tickets and police.

But things went smoothly when booths reopened on Monday morning and it took just a few hours for more than 21,000 tickets to be snatched up.

"Everything has gone well today," Zakir Khan, the Pakistan Cricket Board's general manager for cricket operations, told a British news agency. "We sold tickets from five other spots in the city apart from the booths at the stadium and that helped."

The tickets were priced between 100 rupees ($1.75) and 1,500 rupees ($26).

"We are happy this process is over because what happened on Sunday was most unfortunate," Khan said.

The National Stadium has a capacity of 33,500. About 20 per cent of the tickets were sold earlier over the Internet.

Pakistan cricket team arrives in Karachi

Meanwhile, Pakistan cricket squad Monday evening flew into the city from Lahore for the first One-day International being staged against India at National Stadium here on Saturday (March 13).

Pakistan team will have their first training and practice session on Tuesday morning.