Melbourne, Australia
The double bomb blasts on Saturday have created a shadow over chief sports actions to be held in Hyderabad, the Indian Open Grand Prix badminton subsequently and a cricket one-day International beside Australia in October. Paul Marsh, chief executive officer of the ACA, Australian Cricketers Association, has said that he was concerned by the current turn of events.
"It’s a worry for the Australian Cricketers Association and we’ll be talking with Cricket Australia and the pertinent authorities," Marsh was quoted as saying by The Australian in Melbourne on Monday. The Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade cautioned its citizens to "exercise a high degree of carefulness in India because of the high risk of terrorist activity by militant groups" and noted the May bombing among recent disturbing events in the country.
The India-Australia ODI at Hyderabad is slated for October 5. A Cricket Australia move a head team has previously reviewed security for the seven one-day matches to be held in September-October. A CA spokesman said last night that the situation in India was being checked, but there was little instant concern. "We have complete confidence in the security arrangements that the BCCI and their experts, along with our specialists, have put in place for the Australian team," the spokesman told.
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