The visa points, it appears, will not be letting England cricket staff sleep peacefully on their ongoing India Vs England Take a look at tour of India as after off-spinner Shaoib Bashir’s visa delay, leg-spinner Rehan Ahmed needed to undergo an identical ordeal. Rehan had a single-entry visa and was stopped on the Rajkot Worldwide Airport whereas coming again to India from Abu Dhabi the place the England staff had per week’s camp.
As per Sportstar, since Ahmed solely had a single-entry visa he was denied re-entry into the nation however the authorities got here to his rescue with a short-term answer and the leggie was allowed again within the nation. Now a day later, ECB has issued a press release saying that the proper visa will likely be processed in just a few days.
“We have been suggested, on returning to India, that there was paperwork discrepancy with Rehan Ahmed’s visa. The native authorities at Rajkot Airport have been supportive, enabling Rehan entry on a short lived visa. The right visa needs to be processed and issued within the coming days. He’ll proceed to arrange with the remainder of the squad forward of the third Take a look at,” ECB’s assertion on Tuesday, February 13 learn.
If not for the airport authorities’ fast redressal step, England would have been looking at having simply two spin-bowling choices in Tom Hartley and Shoaib Bashir for the third Take a look at provided that Jack Leach has been dominated out and the guests have determined in opposition to calling for a substitute.
The sequence is at the moment levelled 1-1 after India got here again strongly into the five-match task with a 106-run win within the second recreation in Visakhapatnam. England will likely be aiming for an improved present after a shoddy batting show within the second Take a look at as they know that they’ve India rattled with Bazball and can want one other tremendous present like Hyderabad to problem the hosts.