2,200 personnel to secure India-West Indies T20 match at Hyderabad’s Uppal stadium on October 14

Malkajgiri police commissioner B. Sumathi explaining the security arrangements and the traffic diversions for the match.  | Photo Credit: By Arrangement

Around 2,200 police personnel and supporting security staff will be deployed at the Rajiv Gandhi International Cricket Stadium in Uppal in Hyderabad forf40,000 the fourth T20 International match between India and West Indies on Wednesday (October 14, 2026), with Malkajgiri Police Commissionerate making elaborate security and traffic arrangements for an expected turnout of 40,000 spectators.

Match from 7 p.m.

The match is scheduled to begin at 7 p.m., and the police have identified parking facilities for approximately 8,000 vehicles, including 4,600 four-wheelers and 3,400 two-wheelers. With moderate traffic congestion anticipated around the stadium, motorists have been advised to plan their journeys in advance and use public transport wherever possible.

Malkajgiri Police Commissioner B. Sumathi said that the security deployment will include five Deputy Commissioners of Police, five Additional DCPs, 15 Assistant Commissioners of Police, 50 Inspectors and 90 Sub-Inspectors, besides personnel from the traffic, intelligence, Special Operations Teams, bomb detection squads, SHE Teams and other specialised units. Ten Armed Reserve platoons and 10 Telangana Special Police platoons will also be deployed.

“Four plainclothes police teams will monitor activities inside the stadium, while an ACP-rank officer will supervise security arrangements around the players’ dugout and other restricted areas,” added the officer.