Cuttack, Jan. 9: Don't be surprised if a well-dressed guy comes up to you and offers a glass of water during the upcoming ODI to be played between India and England on January 19 at Barabati Stadium here.

This is the first time that the Odisha Cricket Association has decided to rope in 10 volunteers in each gallery to look after the water requirements of spectators during the match.

The move is a precautionary measure to ensure proper distribution of water for the general public during the match as the cricket body has banned bringing water bottles into the stadium. The ban was imposed after spectators hurled water bottles following poor performance of the Indian team during the maiden T20 match at the stadium in October 2015.

Senior police officials as well as the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) were told about the arrangements during a physical inspection of measures undertaken by the association here today.

Deputy commissioner of police Sanjeev Arora told The Telegraph that the association officials were asked to comply with 38 new guidelines following the trouble during the last international match here.

According to the new measures, the entry of any kind of sharp and heavy objects, including water bottles, apples, oranges or any kind of packaged or cooked food in hard boxes, has been banned. "For the first time, food vendors will be issued with identity cards and a list of items they are authorised to sell during the match," said Arora.

Today, instructions were issued to the state cricket body for complying with the security guidelines, including installation of CCTV cameras on all entry and exit routes.

"As this time all the galleries have been numbered, it will be helpful in crowd management and ensuring that duplicate tickets are not sold," Arora said.

BCCI general manager (cricket operations) M.V. Sridhar expressed satisfaction over the measures undertaken by the association.

"The preparations made by the state cricket association are of international standards. Most of the tickets have already been sold online, and the measures undertaken are foolproof," said Sridhar.

Sridhar said the association had done a remarkable job in complying with the changes that were essential keeping in view the untoward incident during the maiden T20 match here.

Association officials said the police would make a final inspection of the arrangements by the end of this week as the work for raising the height of nets in galleries was still going on.