India will play against Pakistan after 5 years at home and the first T20 match will be played at Chinnaswamy stadium of Bangalore. Keeping this in mind heavy security has been tuned in the city and especially at the stadium.
Chinnaswamy stadium has turned into a fortress where the first T20 match will be played on 25 December 2012. Tickets for the match have already begun to sold.
Karnataka State Cricket Association (KSCA) handed over the stadium to the city police on Saturday for sanitizing and securing it from any potential trouble.
About 5,000 police personnel will be deployed from Sunday in and around the stadium, along the 1 km route from the star hotel where the two teams will stay and the city center where the venue is located.
Jyotiprakash Mirji, Bangalore Police Commissioner said, "As maintaining law and order and providing security are our primary duty, we will take stern action against anyone trying to disrupt the match".
He also said that there would be no compromise on the security of players and spectators. Any type of protests or demonstrations will not be allowed around the stadium from Sunday to Tuesday.
"As the governments of both the countries have agreed to hold the bilateral series, no organization will be allowed to disrupt the match," Mirji said.
In addition to heavy deployment, there will be round-the-clock surveillance with closed circuit televisions (CCTV) sets installed in and around the stadium
"Vehicular traffic will be restricted and parking banned 1 km in and around the stadium on the match day from 11am to midnight. A bomb squad and a dog squad will be engaged to prevent any untoward incident," he added.
Spectators will not be allowed to take articles like bags, food items and even water bottles.
Pakistan is playing in India for the first time post-26/11 Mumbai terror attacks.
Last time Pakistan played in Bangalore was Dec 8-12, 2007 when the Third Test was drawn.
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