Rajasthan Cricket Association : Online Match Ticketing

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.