India and West Indies teams reached Bhubaneswar on Thursday for the final ODI match to be held at Barabati Stadium in Cuttack on Sunday. The players and management staff of both teams were taken to a hotel here under tight security of the armed police force. The state police has made tight security arrangements in Bhubaneswar and Cuttack for this match. Players from both teams are staying at the hotel in Bhubaneswar, while on Friday, Saturday and Sunday they will reach Cuttack for practice matches.
The West Indies team will participate in the practice session on Friday morning, while the Indian team will leave from the hotel for practice at around 1 pm. Police said that in order to maintain law and order, at least 63 platoons (one platoon consists of 30 personnel) of the police force, plus 300 Rapid Action Force personnel have been deployed.
The three Match Series between India and West Indies is equaled 1-1. India lost the first ODI match while the second match was very exciting between the two countries and in this match India got a big win by 107 runs. In this match, Virat Kohli got out at zero, but Rohit Sharma played a brilliant century. Along with him KL Rahul also played a big role in the victory of Team India by playing a century innings. Kuldeep Yadav took a hat-trick wicket in this match, which was the second hat-trick of his ODI career. However Deepak Chahar will not be able to play in the third match and Navdeep Saini has been included in the team in his place.
