Carl Hooper played down security fears ahead of the second one-day international against India on November 9 at Nagpur, saying his team was keen on driving home the early advantage. "I think we are better in one-dayers than in Tests," said Hooper, whose side lead 1-0 in the seven-match series following a last-ball victory in the first one-dayer at Jamshedpur, which was marred by crowd trouble.

"It is important for us to win some tight games," said Hooper. "It's good our batting clicked in the last match." West Indies successfully chased an imposing Indian total of 283 for 6 with four wickets to spare as Ramnaresh Sarwan smashed the last ball of the innings for the winning boundary in a match interrupted twice by crowd trouble.

"I have experienced unrest in the stands in the past," Hooper said, "and I am sure the administrators will now do what is best for the game."

The organisers have beefed up security for the match after the Jamshedpur incident. "We have deployed 200 volunteers at various gates apart from 350 policemen," said an official of the host association.

"Security at the stadium will be tight," he said. "Spectators have been banned from carrying bottles, sticks, transistors, crackers, horns, bells and lunchboxes."

India, without the services of Sachin Tendulkar and Zaheer Khan, are expected to include Javagal Srinath and Sanjay Bangar. Ashish Nehra and JP Yadav are likely to be axed as India attempt to square the series on a newly-laid pitch.

India's major worry ahead of the match is the fitness of Rahul Dravid, who suffered cramps while keeping wicket in the previous match. Parthiv Patel, who keeps in Tests for India, has been named as stand-by in case Dravid does not regain fitness before the match.

"The team management wants Patel to be with the team for this match and the next one at Rajkot in case Dravid is not able to keep wicket," said Karunakaran Nair, the secretary of the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI).

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