Mandira Bedi
Host
Cricket Ka Ticket is India's biggest cricket talent hunt for men and women. The 8-episode show is a distinctive mixture of a talent hunt and reality TV designed to find India’s next cricketing superstars from across the country. The show launched on Colors & JioCinema on 19th March 2023 at 11 AM as India’s only sports reality TV show during the 2023 T20 cricket season.
Hosts, Judges & Guests
- Former India cricketers Mohammad Kaif and Jaya Sharma were the judges on the show
- Notable TV personality Mandira Bedi and digital creator Taran Singh were the hosts
- The show was graced by renowned sporting names like Suresh Raina, Mary Kom, Yashasvi Jaiswal, Aakash Chopra, Munaf Patel, Pravin Tambe and Murali Kartik who appeared as chief guests across all 8 episodes.
Prizes on offer
- Trials with Rajasthan Royals for 1 male winner & trial opportunities for 1 female winner in Indian women's T20 cricket tournaments with assistance from Royals management.
- Cash prizes
- A 1-year mentorship programme with the Royals coaches
The Trials
- We invited entries digitally with our partner CricHeroes, India's largest grassroots cricket platform, with close to 1 Lac men and women registering for the process. A team of coaches at the backend evaluated their uploaded videos to shortlist and invite 4,000 cricketers to in-person trials across 6 Indian cities.
The Finale
- After successfully completing the trials, 11 men and 11 women were shortlisted and moved to the Royals' High-Performance Centre in Nagpur, where they lived together, underwent rigorous training, and took part in exciting challenges for a place in the finale that was held at the Barkatullah Khan Stadium in Jodhpur. It all came down to 7 men and 7 women who competed against each other in the finals, alongside some popular cricketers from the Rajasthan Royals team as teammates and opponents.
- Jaipur's Aditi Chauhan and Gurgaon's Abhishek Batra emerged as winners in the female and male categories.
