Chaos broke out outside Barabati Stadium as huge crowds came to buy tickets for the first T20I between India and South Africa. The Odisha Cricket Association (OCA) said on December 4 that tickets would be sold from Friday morning. Thousands of fans came to the stadium gates on December 5. Even though authorities did not allow overnight queues and told people to come after 6 a.m., many fans had already come by 9 a.m., making it hard to control the crowd.

A video on X shows the crowd getting worse, almost like a stampede. Police had to use a mild lathi charge to control the crowd.

This will be Barabati Stadium’s second international match in 2025. Earlier this year, Rohit Sharma’s team played an ODI against England there, and many fans came. The big rush for T20I tickets shows that fans are very excited again.

Watch the video here:

Cricket for VIPs, chaos for the people.

Scenes from Barabati stadium Cuttack hosting #IndvsSA #T20 match . Offline ticket counter opened today morning
🏏💔pic.twitter.com/TVNwWzogMl

— dD@$h (@dashman207) December 5, 2025

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India will host South Africa in the third ODI on December 6 in Visakhapatnam. After a thrilling win in Ranchi, the KL Rahul-led team suffered a four-wicket defeat in the second ODI in Raipur. Now, they will hope to win in Visakhapatnam and seal the series. This win is very important as India lost the Test series 2-0.

Another loss will increase pressure on the team management, who have not done well in recent bilateral series. After the ODI series, the focus will move to T20Is, starting on December 9 in Cuttack. With the T20 World Cup starting in two months, the Suryakumar Yadav-led team will aim to make an impact. For some players, it is also a chance to secure their spot in the squad.