Protestors outside hotel where CSK team resides picked up

The zone around Hotel Crowne Plaza in Alwarpet was highly secured on Tuesday as the Chennai Super Kings (CSK) cricket team prepared to set out for its match at Chepauk in the IPL 2018n tourney.

Activists, fringe political parties and others have been demanding that the IPL match be cancelled to express protest against the central government’s delay on issues concerning sharing of Cauvery river water.

In the evening, hours before the CSK team was leave the hotel a small bunch of protestors appeared outside the hotel but were restrained by the police on duty.

The team which left in buses was heavily secured and security in the hotel zone continues.