Australia captain Ricky Ponting said Tuesday his team was satisfied with security arrangements for the upcoming Test series in India following recent blasts in the country.
Fears were raised after 25 people were killed and more than 100 wounded as bombs went off recently across New Delhi, one of the venues for the four-Test series starting in Bangalore on October 9.
"We are keeping an eye on the situation," Ponting told reporters here.
"We are in constant touch with security people to know what they think of the situation. They are comfortable with the security provided to us and we are comfortable too.
"I must say we are happy with the arrangements."
Vice-captain Michael Clarke said they had full faith in the security being provided to the team.
"We have a security expert with us and he is doing his job. The team has full faith in our cricket board and the Australian Cricketers Association. We know they are taking the right decisions," said Clarke.
The Australians will meet an Indian Board President's team in a four-day practice match starting here on Thursday.
The Bangalore Test will be followed by back-to-back matches in Mohali, New Delhi and Nagpur.
Australia cancelled a scheduled Test tour of Pakistan in March due to security concerns and were also one of the teams that forced the Champions Trophy there to be delayed by a year.
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Fears were raised after 25 people were killed and more than 100 wounded as bombs went off recently across New Delhi, one of the venues for the four-Test series starting in Bangalore on October 9.
"We are keeping an eye on the situation," Ponting told reporters here.
"We are in constant touch with security people to know what they think of the situation. They are comfortable with the security provided to us and we are comfortable too.
"I must say we are happy with the arrangements."
Vice-captain Michael Clarke said they had full faith in the security being provided to the team.
"We have a security expert with us and he is doing his job. The team has full faith in our cricket board and the Australian Cricketers Association. We know they are taking the right decisions," said Clarke.
The Australians will meet an Indian Board President's team in a four-day practice match starting here on Thursday.
The Bangalore Test will be followed by back-to-back matches in Mohali, New Delhi and Nagpur.
Australia cancelled a scheduled Test tour of Pakistan in March due to security concerns and were also one of the teams that forced the Champions Trophy there to be delayed by a year.
Source: www.cricbuzz.com
SYDNEY: Unfavourable stats stare at Ricky Ponting when he sits down to plan his strategy for the four-Test series against India. The Australian captain knows that it would take some doing to retain the Border-Gavaskar Trophy this time around.Ponting is leading a side with only four players of his 14-member squad having played Test cricket in India. But he has the best record of all Australian captains. In 44 Tests he has lost only four Tests, importantly two of them have been against India. One of these was the only match he played on the previous Test tour four years ago, reports The Australian.Ponting missed the first three matches on the 2004 tour through injury and Adam Gilchrist led the Australia side to cross what Steve Waugh said was the 'Final Frontier' by winning the first Test series in India for 35 years. Ponting led in the last Test only to lose narrowly on a dreadful pitch.The other loss against India under Ponting came during the third Test last summer in Perth before Australia drew the final Test in Adelaide to seal a difficult 2-1 series victory. 
