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IND vs ENG ODI: The ODI match between India and England is going to be held on 9 February at Barabaati Stadium, Cuttack. Before that, a huge crowd gathered to buy tickets for the match. As soon as the offline ticket sale started at 9 am on Wednesday, a huge crowd gathered outside the stadium, leading to a stampede-like situation. Thousands of cricket fans lined up simultaneously to get tickets. During this, many people fainted.
Police had to use water guns
The police had to take extra steps to control the uncontrollable situation. The crowd had swelled so much that the police had to use water guns. This chaos happened due to the lack of proper arrangements at the entry and exit points of the stadium. The crowd gathered there caused inconvenience, which also affected traffic.
Several platoon forces were put on alert
As soon as the incident was reported, the Deputy Commissioner of Police (DCP) along with his team immediately reached the spot. He put several platoon forces on alert to control the situation and tried to calm the crowd. The officials appealed to the fans to maintain peace and tried to normalize the situation as soon as possible.
The administration took the situation seriously
After this incident, the administration took the situation seriously and said that necessary steps will be taken to improve the ticket distribution system so that such problems can be avoided in the future. The officials appealed to all cricket lovers to maintain peace and restraint.
