Golden boy Virat Kohli’s Royal Challengers Bangalore are set to face the Sunrisers Hyderabad on Sunday in final game of the IPL at the M Chinnaswamy Stadium. Tickets for the match were sold out in a flash and officials are now warning fans of fake tickets – coloured photocopies of real ones – showing up in the market.
We have taken measures to stop the selling of tickets in black. Our teams will be alert even on match day near the stadium to nab any culprits.Sandeep Patil, DCP (central)
People are paying up to five times the real rate for what could very well be tickets being sold in black, and prices could increase further on the day of the finals.
A source told Bangalore Mirror that gallery tickets worth Rs 700 were being sold for Rs 5,000 – this is three days prior to the match.
Many people in the black market are not selling tickets yet. They know they will grab a better bargain on Sunday. We estimate some 19,000 tickets will be sold at the venue, but the buyers for these will be many more.
Bangalore city officials are requesting fans not to buy tickets in the black market but instead alert the police about fraudsters.
Buy tickets from authorised persons only and beware of scamsters, IPL fans!
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