NEW DELHI, Aug 26: New Zealand’s cricket team will be provided security of the “highest order” on their next month’s tour of India following bomb blasts in Bombay, a top Indian board official said Tuesday.

“We’ll not compromise on players’ security,” cricket board secretary S.K. Nair said a day after twin car bombings which killed at least 52 people in Mumbai.

Nair said the New Zealand cricket board had yet to approach its Indian counterpart, but the hosts were prepared to allay any security fears.

“They may ask for our feedback on security and we’ll tell them they’ll be provided security of the highest order. There’ll be no compromise on that,” he said.

Nair said the board had already issued strict directions to all the host associations to ensure trouble-free matches during the New Zealand tour and the subsequent triangular one-day series also involving Australia.—PPI