The Deccan Chargers have sought the cooperation of regional outfit TRS for the smooth conduct of the IPL in Hyderabad.
The IPL franchise is concerned that the ongoing Telangana agitation might disturb the third edition of the Indian Premier League.
"We have assured them all help from our side in conducting the event," sources in the Telangana Rashtra Samiti (TRS) said.
TRS would also ask the all-party Joint Action Committee (JAC), formed to spearhead the Telangana agitation, to assure its help to the organisers of IPL-III, they said.
A Twenty20 cricket match being organised at the Rajiv Gandhi International Cricket Stadium in Hyderabad was cancelled on January 21 after Telangana supporters forced their way into the ground. The match was part of the Deccan T20 Cup, organised by the Deccan Chronicle, owners of Deccan Chargers, and the Hyderabad Cricket Association (HCA).
A day after the incident, IPL shifted the first match and the opening ceremony to Mumbai from Hyderabad.
"It remains a Deccan Chargers vs Kolkata Knight Riders match but instead of Hyderabad, it would be held in Mumbai.
"The opening game, the opening ceremony and the opening gala dinner (on March 11) are very important for us.
People from all over the world are coming and we are going to make sure that everything is in order. We don't want to take any chances," IPL Commissioner Lalit Modi said on January 22.
The IPL opener is scheduled on March 12.
Later, the IPL representatives met JAC Convener Prof C Kodandaram over the matter.
"I have told them that there will not be any problem from our side," Kodandaram told PTI.
"I have also told them that an international conference on paediatrics was held recently in Hyderabad without any problem," he said.
Meanwhile, the JAC Convener has called for hoisting Telangana flags at the JAC camps in the region on the occasion of Republic Day to symbolically express their demand for a separate state.
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