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Home > Cricket > Sri Lanka's tour of India 2005 > UNI > Report


Teams arrive in Rajkot amid tight security

November 08, 2005 14:17 IST

The Indian and Sri Lankan teams arrived in Rajkot from Ahmedabad on Monday evening amid tight security arrangements for the sixth one-day international to be played here on November 9.

The authorities here are not taking any chances this time round after the last ODI played in Rajkot had to be abandoned due to crowd misbehaviour.

Police Commissioner K Nityanandam informed that more than 1000 policemen would be deployed and about 100 personnel would be watching viewers' activities during the match.

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"CCTV cameras have also been placed at different places at the stadium and sniffer dogs and bomb disposal experts have been kept ready," he added.

Meanwhile, the Saurashtra Cricket Association has for the benefit of the cricket fans installed a giant screen of 20x18 feet at the stadium, its Honorary Secretary Niranjan Shah said.

The SCA has also insured the match for Rs 2.5 crore under the insurance policy from the Oriental Insurance Company, Shah added.

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