The stage is set for the commencement of the coming season of IPL and the first match of the tournament is set to be played between Chennai and Bengaluru on the 22nd of this month.
In the context of the first game, there is a lot of anticipation on the same and there is a huge demand for the tickets. With thousands of fans unable to get the tickets, there is a social media commotion that there is an ongoing scam regarding the tickets and allegations that the franchise is holding the tickets to sell them at a higher price later.
But a representative of the franchise has stated that there is no foul play in the ticket sales.
He commented that the capacity of the ground is 40,000 and nearly 15% of the tickets are to be given to Tamil Nadu Cricket Association and other local cricketing bodies. A sizeable number of tickets are to be given to IPL sponsors and CSK sponsors as well. A certain number of tickets are to be given to the Chennai city administration department. Then there are allocations for offline tickets and online ticketing which will eventually lead to a shortage of tickets.
Meanwhile, the queue for online tickets has reached over 1 lakh last night for a stadium of 40K people as fans patiently waited to get the tickets. It has to be seen how the franchise will deal with the tickets issue.
