Offline sale of tickets for the much-awaited T-20 International match between Indian and South Africa, scheduled to be held at the Barabati stadium here June 12, began on Tuesday.
Counters have been set up at the conference hall of Odisha Cricket Association (OCA) for selling of the tickets. Schools, colleges, clubs and other organisations affiliated to the OCA can buy tickets. Total 8,000 tickets will be sold under this category.
However, offline tickets for general public will be made available at different counters of the stadium on June 9 and 10.
Meanwhile, the online tickets. which were made available on platforms like Paytm Insider app, Paytm App and www.insider.in on June 1, have already been sold out.
On Monday, Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik bought the first ticket for the match at his residence in Bhubaneswar.
Around 44,000 spectators are expected to watch the international cricket match. Arrangements for the parking of vehicles will be made at the Bali Yatra Ground near the stadium. Players of the two teams will reach Bhubaneswar on June 10.
Meanwhile on Tuesday, the Orissa High Court quashed a petition seeking cancellation of the match.
One Sanjay Nayak of Bhuban in Dhenkanal district had filed the Public Interest Litigation (PIL) claiming that the Barabati Stadium lacks adequate fire safety measures seeking an order from the court for cancellation of the match.
The State Government, the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI), the OCA and 12 others were made parties in the case.
Notably, the Odisha Human Rights Commission (OHRC), acting on a petition filed by one Nishikanta Mishra, had recently sought a report from the concerned authorities regarding the fire safety measures at the Barabati Stadium.
The commission had issued notice to the OCA and the DCP, Cuttack. OCA secretary Sanjay Behera had said adequate fire safety arrangements would be made at the stadium to avoid any untoward incident during the match.