Australian officials inspect the Barabati Stadium. Picture by Badrika Nath Das

Cuttack, Oct. 9: Tickets for the India-Australia one-day international match at Barabati Stadium on October 26 will be available online from tomorrow.

Odisha Cricket Association has claimed to have made “spectator-friendly” arrangements for the one-day match.

The state association will rope in about 120 personnel to assist spectators enter the stadium and occupy seats at their respective galleries and enclosures.

Some “May I help you” kiosks will also be set up at strategic locations inside the Barabati Stadium complex.

The association is also taking steps to check unauthorised entry of spectators during the match. A Hyderabad-based company has been entrusted to ensure that no person enters the stadium with a fake ticket.

“We have introduced a special hologram and bar coding system on tickets for the first time. About 40 scanners will be installed for verifying the bar code at all the entry points,” said cricket association secretary Ashirbad Behera.

Behera said the association had also decided to provide a leaflet along with tickets. The leaflet will contain certain guidelines and information for the spectators regarding the articles that will be allowed to carry inside stadium. A detailed map of the stadium, its various entry points and other vital information will also be provided to the spectators in the leaflet following BCCI guidelines.

Another senior official of the cricket body said the India-Australia match had been insured for Rs 20 crore, including Rs 7 crore for public liability and Rs 8 crore for special contingency.

Four fire brigade units will be stationed in the stadium on the day of the match, whereas adequate fire extinguishers will also be deployed at prominent locations in the stadium.

Online sale of tickets will start from October 10. Apart from this, 20,350 tickets will be sold through various counters of the stadium from October 23. A person can book a maximum of two tickets, either online or from the counter.

City police had already asked the cricket association to install closed-circuit television cameras at strategic locations.