Cuttack, Nov. 27: Hundreds of cricket enthusiasts were left disappointed as they failed to get tickets for the India and West Indies one-day international match scheduled for Tuesday despite standing in queues for hours at the ticket counters at the Barabati Stadium here. Things were no different for those, who had booked tickets online, either.

Pradeep Kumar Chhatoi, 41, a Cuttack businessman, is still unsure whether he would get to see the match on Tuesday. Although the ticket amount was deducted from his bank account on November 23, he is yet to get a confirmation from the ticket booking website Kyazoonga.com.

“I had booked a ticket worth Rs 1,500 from the website and during the online money transaction, there was some technical problem. An amount of Rs 1,665, including a service tax of 11 per cent was debited from my account but I am still waiting for a confirmation,” he said.

Chhatoi said he reported the matter to the e-ticket authorities and had received an assurance from them that the money deducted from his account would be reimbursed. “But that’s not the solution. I want to see the match at the stadium,” he said.

The online ticket booking concept, which has been introduced by the Odisha Cricket Association (OCA) for the first time, has not found favour with many others.

Officials of the OCA said around 3,800 tickets of the total 5,000 available have been sold for the upcoming match at Barabati.

Mrutyunjay Sahu, a B.Tech. student from Bhubaneswar, said he decided to book tickets online for the match to avoid the long queues.

“But here I had to wait for over two hours to get my tickets I booked online. Why not make it possible for people to print out their e-tickets instead?” he asked.

However, there are several others who are happy with the “easy and convenient” e-ticket facility. “It was very simple, and time and energy saving. I just had to drop in at one of the centres and got the ticket in a matter of one-and-half hours,” said Imran Khan, 27, a cricket buff.