Indian football team to leave for West Indies tomorrow

New Delhi/Kolkata, Aug 12 (PTI) The Indian football team will leave for the West Indies tour tomorrow with a stopover in riot-hit London where the Indian High Commission will make arrangements for their security, a top national federation official said today. The All India Football Federation had deferred the departure of the team by a day due to security concerns at the British capital which has been engulfed in riots for the past few days. The team was earlier supposed to stay overnight in London but under the revised travel schedule they won't be staying at the British capital and would be transported from one airport to another with the Indian High Commission making security arrangements. The team leaves Delhi tomorrow for Kolkata where they board a flight to Dubai at 8.30pm en route to London. In London, they will be transported from Heathrow to Gatwick Airport from where they will fly to the Caribbeans. "Indian team will leave tomorrow and they will land in Heathrow from where they will go to Gatwick to catch a flight to Barbados. Indian High Commission will oversee the security arrangements there in view of the prevailing situation," AIFF Vice-President Subrata Dutta told reporters in Kolkata. India are scheduled to play three friendlies against Caribbean Island countries from August 17 to 24 but the AIFF made changes in the schedule as well as the opponents. Earlier, the AIFF had said that India would open their tour with a match against Barbados but in a release today it said the first friendly will be against St Kitts and Nevis on August 17. The second and third matches will be against Guyana (Aug 21) and Trinidad and Tobago (Aug 24). According to earlier statements, India were to play Trinidad and Tobago on August 21 and Guyana on August 24.