New Delhi, May 18 -- Dear reader,

The Chinnaswamy Stadium, a ground where Indian cricket has seen many historic matches, is only about 4 km from where I live in Bengaluru. Every now and then, when a match is happening, I can see the floodlights from my balcony.

However, getting a ticket to go and watch a match there can be a painful experience. Let me provide you with some context to go with my rants. Royal Challengers Bengaluru, the most popular franchise in the Indian Premier League to have never won a men's trophy, is playing their arch-rivals Chennai Super Kings at Chinnaswamy today. The match is such a hotly anticipated one that tickets were sold out on RCB's official website within seconds. There's no option to buy tickets at the ...