Dhoni's family fumes for having to stand in queue to buy tickets for Ranchi ODI

Mahendra Singh Dhoni39s elder brother Narendra on Thursday categorically denied that his parents were provided with 39complimentary tickets39 even as the host association claimed they had provided them quotample passesquot for the third IndiaEngland ODI quotTill noon today Thursday my parents have not received any passes What I know is that they JSCA have given 14 complimentary tickets to my brotherinlaw Goutam Guptaquot Narendra told PTI in Ranchi on Thursday even as JSCA secretary Rajesh Verma claimed that they have sent ample passes to Dhoni39s parents Hitting out at the JSCA Narendra whose wife stood in queue to purchase a ticket of Rs 1500 denomination said that the state association had insulted their family by not mentioning their name in media for Friday39s inauguration Dhoni39s sisterinlaw had to allegedly buy tickets for the third ODI between India and England after standing in the queue for three hours File Pic quotFor all its political turmoil that the state is infamous for 39Mahi39 is the true ambassador of the city and state Dhoni has put Ranchi in the world mapquot he said quotBut nowhere have the people mentioned my parents39 names for the inauguration ceremony tomorrow They might have been invited but what39s wrong in not announcing their names to the media Don39t they deserve to be namedquot an angry Narendra who is 10 years elder to the Indian skipper asked Asked why did he not ask his brother to arrange passes for his family Narendra replied quotDo I have to ask him for every petty issue We can afford to buy ticketsquot quotAll my phones to JSCA were unanswered I called everybody from president to the secretary but nobody listened took our calls But I39ve acquired ticket for tomorrow39s match and have deleted the JSCA president39s Amitabh Chaudhury39s numberquot Narendra said quotIt39s all because of my political affiliation with a party AJSUquot he said He also accused JSCA of black marketing the tickets quotYou tell me how were 19000 tickets sold out in less than seven hours from nine counters On the first day January 10 the counters were open from 9am to 2pm but the next day everything was sold out in another hour39s timequot quotIt39s no secret that the tickets have gone to black markets as it39s being sold at triple the amount of the ticketsquot he said Narendra was however happy that he would catch his brother in action through a purchased ticket quotWe all have been waiting for this occasion for him to lead the country at the home ground It has come true It39s time to celebrate the whole state will cheer for Dhoni on Saturdayquotu00a0 Dhoni39s sisterinlaw spends hours to buys tickets Dhoni39s sisterinlaw had to allegedly buy tickets for the third ODI between India and England after standing in the queue for three hours Mamata Singh Dhoni wife of Dhoni39s elder brother Narendra was spotted on last Thursday in the queue marked for ladies with her daughter On being asked why she was purchasing tickets from the counter she had said that though they had tried over phone to contact officials of the Jharkhand State Cricket Association they had failed to reach them She reportedly bought two tickets for Rs 1500 eachu00a0