An advocate from Chennai has fined a case against the MS Dhoni-led side Chennai Super Kings (CSK), the BCCI, and Tamil Nadu Cricket Association over irregularities in ticket sales on Wednesday. The case has been registered before Chennai Civil Court following a huge controversy surrounding the black market sales for Chennai Super Kings’ 7 home games.
A Big Case Has Been Filed Against CSK
Well, Chennai Super Kings and its management has been receiving a lot of flak from the local public and from fans from around the country for the unavailability of tickets on the counter and online sales.
“Today I have filed a case on The Chennai Super Kings, The BCCI, and The TNCA over Irregularities in Ticket sales leading to Black ticket market and Suspicious Online Ticket Sales in the Current ongoing IPL tournament being Held in MA Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai (sic),” read the advocate, Ashok Chakravarthy’s Facebook post.
Fans are disappointed with how the lower stands tickets, which usually cost around 1,500 to 2,000, are reportedly being sold for INR 8,000.
The ongoing season is witnessing a sea of yellow, wherever the Chennai Super Kings are traveling, irrespective of the venue and the city. Fans are arriving in huge numbers to give farewell to the legendary cricketer MS Dhoni, who is believed to be playing his last season of the Indian Premier League.
This is one of the reasons that the prices of the tickets soared to astronomical sums as there are rumors circulating that MS Dhoni might take retirement following this season.
During the case, a temporary stoppage of ticket sales for the playoffs at the M. A. Chidambaram Stadium will also be discussed. The Facebook post further read:
“Also Prayed before the Court for Interim Stay on Ticket sales of Playoffs and Qualifier to be held in Chennai next week. And To Provide the online ticket booking log of the previous matches held in Chennai,”
Meanwhile, Chennai is all set to host Qualifier 1 and Eliminator matches of the IPL 2023 playoffs stages. The tickets for the game will be available on the official site of the IPL from Thursday. Earlier, CSK CEO Kasi Viswanathan had addressed the issue and stated that the team is entitled to provide 20% of tickets to BCCI and TNCA, and also provided 13,000 tickets to TNCA division clubs out of the 36000 tickets.
