After being denied hotel rooms and forced to stay in Pune for another two days, Team India and the visiting English side were in for some more frustration ahead of the inconsequential third ODI at the Eden Gardens in Kolkata.
Both the teams, after arriving in Kolkata on Friday, found themselves stuck in traffic for almost one and a half hours during their journey from the Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose airport to the Taj Bengal hotel.

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A traffic snarl at Maa flyover on the Eastern Metropolitan Bypass turned out to be the reason for the team buses getting delayed. Rapid Action Force personnel escorting the teams to the hotel were seen asking the motorists and bikers to maintain a safe distance from the buses.

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But the police had a tough time keeping the fans from getting too close to the team buses. The fans wasted no time and capitalised on the opportunity by clicking photos and selfies with the team buses.

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Traffic on the road from Science City to Park Circus was particularly bad due to the Bengal Global Business Summit which was being held at the Milan Mela grounds. President Pranab Mukherjee was in town for several engagements, while former PM Manmohan Singh was also in the city for the bi-centennial celebrations at Presidency University.
Earlier, both India and England, were left stranded in Pune after their first ODI. The two teams were forced to stay in Pune due to unavailability of hotel rooms in Cuttack - the venue for the 2nd ODI.