India146;s first hiccup: Bus breakdown

The Indian contingent had not long set foot on Trinidad soil when they suffered their first hiccup of the 2007 World Cup as their team bus broke down.

As the team arrived here last evening, the bus carrying them from airport to the team hotel broke down on the Churchill-Roosevelt Highway in the vicinity of El Socorro Junction. The procession of police vehicles escorting three buses 8212; two with members of the India team and an empty contingency bus 8212; from Piarco International Airport drove along the highway with sirens blaring, trying to clear the traffic to allow them free passage.

Upon passing the El Socorro traffic lights, one of the buses, carrying a few of the visiting Indians, broke down, forcing police to stop the convoy and block off the area, surrounding the buses long enough for them to be offloaded and relocated to the back-up bus.

The bus carrying the majority of the Indian team continued on its way to the Hilton Hotel in St Ann8217;s, where the four visiting teams 8212; India, Sri Lanka, Bermuda and Bangladesh will stay .