The Orissa Cricket Association (OCA) has called in the dancing girls to boost crowds and give the home side a little extra support.
But rather than decking the dancers out in American-style bikinis they are being given much more modest attire to wear. They will be dressed in a full nine yards of silk cloth, the OCA has insisted.
Ashirbad Behera, secretary of the OCA and the organising force behind the cheerleading idea, said: "This is the first time a one-day international will feature cheerleading girls.
"But I will not have them dressing up in short skirts, as it would be against our culture and traditions. Our audience won't accept it."
The cheerleaders will strut their stuff on Wednesday 26 November at the Barabati Stadium in Cuttack, in north eastern India.
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