With the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2025 season in full swing, a viral post on X (formerly Twitter) has stirred up a conversation online about the hefty taxes on cricket match tickets. An X user, Ravi Handa, shared his frustration over the ticket price for the Chennai Super Kings (CSK) vs Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) match on March 28. The image of the ticket he shared showed that the ticket’s basic price was Rs 2,343.75. However, after adding an “E-Tax” of 25 per cent over the basic price, CGST and SGST of 14 per cent each over the subtotal (Basic + E-Tax), the outstanding total price balloons to Rs 4,000.