TTCB urging fans to travel to India

Trinidad and Tobago Cricket Board (TTCB) is urging the public to support the national team when they compete at the Champions League Twenty20 tournament which bowls off on October 8 in India.

Fans are being asked to make the journey to India on package tours organised by the TTCB.

The organised tour package departs on October 9 on a Caribbean Airlines flight to New York. This will be followed by Air India flights to Delhi then to Bagalore and Hyderbad before returning to Delhi.

The package includes hotel accommodation inclusive of breakfast, match tickets and an optional tour operator.

Total cost given by the TTCB in its press release yesterday is $34,000 which cites the cost out of Trinidad and Tobago being $18,000 and of New York at $16,000.

Financing will be made available to all interested persons. Further information can be obtained by calling Allyson Ali at 637-1577 or 636-4745.

Trinidad and Tobago have been pooled in Group A with Indian Premier League champions Deccan Chargers and English Twenty20 champions Somerset County. The national team will open its campaign against Somerset County on October 12 in Bangalore before taking on Deccan Chargers two days later in Hyderabad.

Top two teams from each group will advance to the knockout stage of the tournament.

T&T Newsday