Cricket World Cup: India game a sellout

India's Virat Kohli will play in front of a packed house at Seddon Park on Tuesday. Photo / AP

India's first World Cup game in New Zealand is a sellout.

Tournament organisers have confirmed India's game against Ireland at Hamilton's Seddon Park on Tuesday has sold out.

That comes after full houses for New Zealand's three big clashes in group A against Sri Lanka in Christchurch, England in Wellington and most spectacularly, the one-wicket win over Australia at Eden Park last Saturday.

Group A has been the focal point in the cup so far in New Zealand, primarily because that is New Zealand's pool.

The co-hosts still have two matches remaining in the round robin, against Afghanistan in Napier on Sunday and Bangladesh in Hamilton next Friday.

India, who have won all three games so far, have a second game in New Zealand, against Zimbabwe at Eden Park on March 14 and that too is expected to attract a big crowd.

''Going into a match day with no tickets available is not something you usually associate with cricket in this country," New Zealand's World Cup boss Therese Walsh said.

''But that's exactly what we have had for all the Black Caps games to date, and what turned out to be a fantastic upset in Nelson when Ireland played the West Indies."

She said the sale of the final tickets for the first Indian game ''signals the start of a new phase of the tournament here.

''The Black Caps have captured the imagination of New Zealanders but now we're set to welcome the top team in pool B and one whose fans, as we learnt last summer, create a unique and very special atmosphere," Walsh said.