India v Pakistan, 1st ODI, Guwahati, 5th Nov

Security beefed up ahead of Guwahati ODI

Siddhartha Vaidyanathan in Guwahati
November 3, 2007

More than 1500 security men - picked from the Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF), Para-military forces and State Battalions - swarmed the outer part of the ground, receiving instructions on their duties for the next two days. In April last year, Guwahati was witness to an ugly riot, when the India-England game was abandoned due to a wet outfield. The incident - when a section of the crowd broke down stands, burnt paper and pelted missiles - jeopardised Guwahati's standing as an international venue.

An India-Pakistan match is usually accompanied by heavy security but the local administration, with backing from both the central and state governments, is trying to cover all bases. "In view of past incidents, as well as the fact that this is an India-Pakistan match, we have taken additional steps," said GP Singh, deputy inspector general of the western range police.

Amid this throng of security men is a giant poster announcing the match, with Sunny Deol, the Bollywood star, welcoming both teams with folded arms. There are also big hoardings announcing the National sub-junior Kabaddi Championships in January 2008 and the upcoming Bordoloi Trophy football tournament (involving club teams from India and abroad).

tac wrote:Come on, Henry, you know fluffy's penchant for starting threads with an article cut from some other forum and then disappearing.

The One wrote:i wonder what happens to the tour with emergency in pakistan. after all musharraf is also the head of the pcb (and probably 1,539 other organisations in pakistan)

Pakistan in India, 2007-08
Emergency in Pakistan casts shadow over tour

Cricinfo staff
November 3, 2007


The declaration of a state of emergency in Pakistan has cast a shadow over the national team's tour of India, but is not expected to result in the tour being called off.

The Pakistan Cricket Board is yet to come out with an official statement - that could happen after the country's president, General Pervez Musharraf, addresses the nation later on Saturday - but a senior official, speaking on the condition of anonymity, said the series would not be affected at all because it is taking place in India.

The Pakistan team is in New Delhi, having arrived in India on November 1, and is expected to leave for Guwahati tomorrow. "As far as we are concerned, we have not received any instructions from the PCB," Ehsan Malik, the team's media manager, told PTI. "We are continuing to do what we have been doing."

The One wrote:i wonder what happens to the tour with emergency in pakistan.

Forum Goat wrote:

The One wrote:i wonder what happens to the tour with emergency in pakistan.

May be if India wins a match Pak TV and radio will censor the anouncement.