Riots spread, Team India safe

New Delhi: As the London riots spread to Birmingham, concerns have been raised about the safety of Team India which is in Birmingham to play the third Test against England beginning at Edgbaston on Wednesday.
However, doubts have been raised over staging the Test match in a tense atmosphere prevailing in England.
The Indian team, which reached Birmingham on Monday, is reportedly safe as told by the team's manager Anirudh Chaudhary to CNN-IBN. "All players are safe and are inside their rooms."
The Indian team management has issued an advisory to all the players, asking them not to step out and return to their hotel.
Some Indian and English players tweeted their responses about the riots.

Indian bstamsn Suresh Raina tweeted, "Good nite, every thing safe here miss you mom can't wait to see u", while England batsman Kevin Pietersen wrote: "They have just locked our hotel in Birmingham. Riots just started here. Insane!"
England bowlers Tim Bresnan and Graeme Swann also tweeted their concerns.
Bresnan tweeted: "Just seen the rioters in Birmingham fleeing down the main street followed by a load of police in the full get up. What's going on?"
Meanwhile, Swann wished everyone to be safe and said, "Goodnight England. Good luck to those surrounded by the carnage. Be safe."
Rioting and looting spread across London on Monday as hooded youths set buildings and cars ablaze, smashed shop windows and hurled bottles and stones at police in a third night of violence in Britain's worst unrest in decades.
The violence erupted late on Saturday in London's northern Tottenham district when a peaceful protest over the police shooting of a suspect two days earlier turned violent.
There are now reports that the violence has spread to even Liverpool and Bristol.