less than 30 per cent of tickets of the Barabati Stadium’s seating capacity would be available at counters for general public for the October 5 India-South Africa T-20 cricket match. While the seating capacity of the Stadium is about 45,000, only 12,900 tickets would be available for counter sale, which is 28.66 per cent of the total capacity.
The Odisha Cricket Association (OCA) is planning to print 44,490 tickets for the ensuing match, of which only 20,000 were meant for public sale. But nearly 7,000 of these tickets have already been sold online and the remaining tickets would be sold to public in three counters by OCA banker State Bank of India on October 1 and 3.
“The tickets will be sold between 9 am and 5 pm on these two days and one person will be allowed to purchase only two tickets of any denomination,” informed OCA secretary Asirbad Behera on Friday. Since the OCA is going to host its first T-20 international match next month, the ticket prices have not changed.
The prices of gallery tickets have remained at Rs500 and Rs400. But cricket players would get concessional tickets for Rs200. Similarly, special enclosure tickets are priced at Rs2,000, new pavilion for Rs4,000, corporate box for Rs7,000, corporate gallery for Rs3,000 and A/C box for Rs5,000.
For the first time, the OCA is planning to number the seats other than the galleries so that dedicated seats are allotted to special enclosure and pavilion ticket holders. It has been witnessed earlier that many vendors and outsiders occupy these seats putting the genuine ticket holders into trouble.
The OCA made it clear that children above the age of three years require valid tickets for entry into the stadium and the spectators are not allowed to carry transistors, mirrors, bugles, crackers, glass, helmets, fruits, water pouch and plastic water bottle of less than 1 litre.
“Throwing of any objects into the ground or indulgence in any anti-racial comments during the match shall be severely dealt with in accordance to law,” warned Behera while addressing reporters on the day.