ISLAMABAD:Pakistan cricket team on Thursday had a brief practice session at Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium in Indian city of Hyderabad ahead of their World Cup warm-up match against New Zealand on Sept 29.
The team, which landed in Hyderabad on Wednesday night amid a grand welcome at the airport, left Park Hyatt Hotel around 8 am for the stadium and returned before noon. Tight security arrangements were made for the team’s travel and at the stadium.
With the mammoth Ganesh immersion procession in the city scheduled during the day, the net practice session was scheduled in the morning.
The mammoth procession brings the city to a complete halt. Over 20,000 policemen have been deployed as part of the massive security for immersion in and around Hyderabad.
In view of the Ganesh immersion and also Eid Miladun Nabi procession in the city on Sunday, the city police have requested the organisers not to allow spectators in the stadium for the first warm-up match scheduled on Saturday.
