India-WI 3rd ODI: Players Of Both Teams To Reach Bhubaneswar Today

Bhubaneswar: After cruising to a series-leveling 107-run victory over West Indies at Visakhapatnam, the Indian Cricket Team is on its way to Bhubaneswar for the 3rd and final One Day International (ODI) at the historic Barabati Stadium in Cuttack. The men in blue along with the West Indies team will be travelling in a special aircraft from Visakhapatnam to Bhubaneswar, which is scheduled to land at BPIA at around 1 PM today.

As per reports, players and support staff of both the teams will be lodged at Hotel MAYFAIR Lagoon in Bhubaneswar, their regular place of stay during international encounters at Barabati stadium. Upon touchdown, the players will be brought to the hotel by a special bus in a carcade.

Sources said at least 63 platoons of police force and a Rapid Action Force contingent comprising 300 officers have been deployed to maintain law and order situation till the high profile match is done and dusted.

A mock drill of the carcade was also carried out by the Commissionerate Police to ensure that there remains no lapse in the security cover for the players when they are ferried from airport to the hotel and then from the hotel to the stadium.