Counter sale of Barabati ODI cricket match ticket : black marketing apprehended

{"id":22238,"sizeSlug":"large"} Cuttack, 19/12:  Huge rush was witnessed during the counter sale of ticket for India-West Indies one day international cricket match to be played at Barabati Stadium here on coming Sunday (December 22). The excitement among the cricket fans to watch the final match has increased as the Indian team is in 1-1 position in the 3-match series after its victory in the just-concluded match at Vishakhapatnam. While the 10,000 tickets were up for sale in the counters, more than 40,000 aspirants had waited in queue since last night. Twelve counters were opened for selling the ticket. However,  ticket aspirants were disappointed as all the gallery tickets were exhausted within five hours of the beginning of the counter sale at 9 am. {"id":22239,"sizeSlug":"large"} Officially, adequate precautionary measures were taken to prevent purchase of tickets by black marketeers. Two tickets were available for each person standing in the queue on production of identity proof. Ten platoons of armed police forces were deployed  However, a few elderly labourer class women were seen standing  in the queue, triggering suspicion that they would sell the tickets in black market. Sting operation by the News 7 camera team revealed that these women were not interested to see the match. They did not know even names of the two teams which would play on Sunday. But they wanted to make some fast buck by selling the ticket in black market to the ticket aspirants, admitted many of them.