RCB Put To Shame By Chinnaswamy Stadium Staff In IPL 2026

Virat Kohli and Chinnaswamy Stadium [Source: AFP]

The M Chinnaswamy Cricket Stadium in Bengaluru had to face a serious legal issue due to one of its staff members. Allegedly, the home of IPL 2025 champions Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) had one of its canteen workers at the stadium selling match tickets at very high and inflated prices during and ahead of match days.

While the black marketing of tickets was done by the canteen staff, upon deeper investigation, a larger network linked to corporate entities and insiders was revealed.

Canteen Worker Arrested For Black Market of RCB’s IPL Tickets

Every IPL stadium that hosts night or day matches has its own canteen alongside third-party vendors who serve food and beverages to the crowd at the venue.

Similarly, there is a Sri Lakshmi canteen inside the stadium whose staff member, identified as Chandrashekar, was caught by Bengaluru Central Crime Branch officials.

Notably, Chandrashekar was found to have sold more than 180 IPL tickets on the black market, with prices ranging from a whopping 15,000 INR to 19,000 INR per ticket.

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The RCB fan base has always been one of the largest. With strong support for the team and the never-ending craze for IPL matches, the black market for tickets has also inflated at a significant rate.

As per the police, the tickets for the RCB vs LSG IPL 15 clash were in high demand, and the investigation team received credible information that there were bulk purchases of match tickets, which were later resold to the public at much higher prices. As the investigation progressed, the police eventually reached Chandrashekar.

Corporate Entities Involved: Police Exposes Mega Black Market Network

The tickets were purchased on an online booking platform named Ticketgenie. The tickets were bought under the names of Swastik Heavy Engineering and Industrial Automation Consultant Company and another named Dharani Computers Company.

All of the tickets purchased here were later redeemed and sold at inflated prices. Later, the police also uncovered that during the RCB vs CSK clash in March, 81 tickets were also purchased under the same company name and resold at much higher prices.

Overall, investigators found that there were 181 tickets sold across various price categories worth Rs 17,52,600. Upon further investigation, Chandrashekar revealed that the tickets were supplied by KSCA member Ganesh Pareekshit, who was thoroughly involved in the black market network.

Main Culprit On The Run

As per Chandrashekar, Ganesh asked him to sell the tickets at higher prices to gain massive profits. Currently, Pareekshit is on the run, and a search operation by Bengaluru police has been launched to trace him.

However, this does not impact the upcoming clashes at the venue. Tickets will still be available to be bought online and offline, with the upcoming clash of RCB scheduled on April 18 against the Delhi Capitals, followed by another clash at the Chinnaswamy against the Gujarat Titans on April 24.

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