Cricket Australia says he was the one participant who couldn’t board the flight to India for the Check collection.
Australian opener Usman Khawaja has missed the staff’s flight to India for his or her four-Check tour as a consequence 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 area, with the caption “Me ready for my Indian Visa like… #stranded #dontleaveme #commonplace #anytimenow”.
CA was anticipating the visa to reach afterward Wednesday and mentioned Khawaja had been booked on a flight out on Thursday.
Me ready for my Indian Visa like… #stranded #dontleaveme #commonplace #anytimenow https://t.co/pCGfagDyC1
— Usman Khawaja (@Uz_Khawaja) February 1, 2023
Some staff help employees 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 occasions.
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 Check collection in India in nearly a decade. Checks shall 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 Check facet for about two years, Khawaja made a shocking return towards England within the 2021-22 Ashes.
He notched up his 4,000th Check run in a latest match towards South Africa in Sydney, the place he was 195 not out.
Khawaja was awarded the inaugural Shane Warne Males’s Check Participant of the 12 months award for his 1,020 runs at a median of 78.46.