Bhubaneswar, June 9 -- Cricket buffs from every nook and canny of Odisha thronged the Millennium city to purchase tickets for the upcoming T20I match between India and South Africa at Barabati Stadium scheduled to be played on June 12.

Though the offline ticket counters will open from 9 am today, fans made a beeline from Wednesday night itself to purchase tickets in order to watch and enjoy the high voltage clash between the hosts and the visitors.

As many as nine counters have been set up--seven for male and the rest two for female fans. While a total of 12,000 tickets will be sold through counters, the norm for selling of ticket is 'two tickets per buyer'. A fan can only purchase two tickets by producing any of his identity proofs. Th...