New Delhi: Australia's Test squad still plans to depart for India on Sunday September 21, despite increased fears over security following deadly bomb attacks in New Delhi on Saturday. CA officials were due to meet with representatives from the Australian government's department of foreign affairs on Monday afternoon to receive an update on the safety situation in India.
Michael Brown, Cricket Australia's general manager of cricket, will also receive a report on Tuesday from Reg Dickason, the team's security advisor, but a spokesman said there had been no change to the schedule for the four-Test series. "Our position is that the tour is going ahead unless we are otherwise persuaded," Peter Young, Cricket Australia's general manager of public affairs, told Cricektworld.
Australia have scheduled warm-up games in Jaipur and Hyderabad, where bombs have gone off over the past year, before heading to Bangalore, where one person was killed in attacks in July, for the opening Test on October 9.