Cricket Australia says he was the one participant who couldn’t board the flight to India for the Take a look at collection.
Australian opener Usman Khawaja has missed the crew’s flight to India for his or her four-Take a look at tour because of a visa delay, Cricket Australia (CA) mentioned.
A CA spokesperson mentioned the Pakistan-born batsman was the one participant in Australia’s squad to not board the flight on Wednesday as a result of his visa had not arrived in time.
Khawaja posted on-line a meme from the favored Netflix collection Narcos the place notorious drug lord Pablo Escobar sits on a backyard chair staring into house, with the caption “Me ready for my Indian Visa like… #stranded #dontleaveme #normal #anytimenow”.
CA was anticipating the visa to reach in a while Wednesday and mentioned Khawaja had been booked on a flight out on Thursday.
Me ready for my Indian Visa like… #stranded #dontleaveme #normal #anytimenow https://t.co/pCGfagDyC1
— Usman Khawaja (@Uz_Khawaja) February 1, 2023
Some crew assist workers are additionally flying out on Thursday.
In 2011, Khawaja had mentioned he was denied entry into India “as a result of he was not born in Australia”. Nevertheless, since then Khawaja has visited India a number of instances.
Pakistan and India have had fraught relations since partition in 1947 and people tensions have routinely seeped into sports activities.
Australia will attempt to win their first Take a look at collection in India in virtually a decade. Checks can be performed in Nagpur, New Delhi, Dharamsala and the final one on the world’s largest cricket stadium in Ahmedabad.
After being overlooked of the Take a look at facet for about two years, Khawaja made a surprising return towards England within the 2021-22 Ashes.
He notched up his 4,000th Take a look at run in a current match towards South Africa in Sydney, the place he was 195 not out.
Khawaja was awarded the inaugural Shane Warne Males’s Take a look at Participant of the 12 months award for his 1,020 runs at a median of 78.46.
