Rajasthan Cricket Association : Online Match Ticketing

To overcome hassles like authenticity black-marketing of ODI tickets, RCA completely automated ticketing process

Cricket being the most popular game in India with so much fan following across the country, one of the biggest challenge faced with cricket associations is putting a check on black-marketing and faking of cricket match tickets plus ensuring each spectator's basic information is properly captured to nullify any terrorist attack. Rajasthan Cricket Association took an initiative to overcome these issues by building an online portal (www. cricketrajasthan.in) where fans can buy tickets using their credit cards or even online transfer. All the tickets for ODI matches happening in Jaipur are now sold through this medium, thus saving a lot on manpower.

To make the process more efficient, tickets of coming matches are sold 21 days before the event which gives fans from across the country more time to buy them. Multi-level online authentications and verifications are done to ensure there are no fake or suspicious spectators. Once a fan buys a ticket, he is sent a RFID card along with it, which he has to produce along with his photo ID at the venue. This RFID contains captured information of the spectator. This makes it almost impossible for any non-authentic ticket holder to enter the stadium. This project has not only helped in ticketing process but also helped other business like hotel, tourism, transportation etc. as more spectators from all over country could easily book tickets via Internet.