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Cricket carnival today
Highlights
Cricket Carnival Today, second One-Day International Between India and the West Indies. However, the underfoot conditions at the ‘B’ ground where the rival teams were to practice on the day were not really suited for any workouts. Consequently, neither team turned up for practice.
Visakhapatnam: Vizagites till Friday were worried about two things. Will the Helen storm wash away the eagerly awaited second One-Day International between India and the West Indies? The second, of course, revolved around the possible outcome and whether the champions of yore would rediscover the winning touch and make a match of it against the high and mighty Men in Blue. First the great news -- the sun came out in all glory on Saturday. Whatever wet patches remained on the edges of the fully covered ground at the ACA-VDCA Stadium have dried out and it appears battle-ready.
However, the underfoot conditions at the ‘B’ ground where the rival teams were to practice on the day were not really suited for any workouts. Consequently, neither team turned up for practice.
Now the doubts have been cleared. The match will take place, after all.
Cricket fans from the port city can breathe easy. The Met Department has reassured that play will be held as the ground will be conducive for play, which begins at 1.30pm. The umpires will take a final call on Sunday morning.
The fans are hoping that they will be treated to fireworks from skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni, who has a special bondage with the city because his career blossomed from this very ground eight years back.
Heavy bandobast
Fool-proof bandobast arrangements have been made for the smooth conduct of the West Indies-India ODI cricket match to be played at Dr.YSR ACA-VDCA Stadium in Pothinamallayyapalem here on Sunday. Informing this to mediapersons here on Saturday, City Commissioner of Police B. Siivadhar Reddy said that one DCP, four Additional DCPs/ASPs, 14 DSPs, 45 Circle Inspectors, 110 Sis, 230 Assistant Sis/Head Constables, 825 Constables –both men and women, 280 home guards and 300 City Armed Reserve personnel were being deployed for security arrangements. He said no person, including gunmen of VIPs, would be allowed into the stadium without a valid pass. Spectators should not carry water bottles or sachets or any eatables, which will be sold inside the stadium by private hotels on payment of fixed rates.
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