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T20 World Cup – West Indies nonetheless caught in Kolkata however batch of Zimbabwe gamers return residence

*He adopted it up with one other publish a bit later, saying, “At least an update, tell us something. Today, tmw, next week. It’s been five days.”

West Indies are one of many groups stranded in India within the wake of the disaster in West Asia. ESPNcricinfo has realized that originally, the ICC had knowledgeable West Indies that makes an attempt have been being made for the squad to return residence to the Caribbean by way of a constitution flight to London. The plan, it’s believed, was for West Indies to fly out of India mid-week, although no particular date was given. However, West Indies proceed to stay in Kolkata the place they lost to India within the remaining match of the Super Eight on March 1.

With the same old airspace corridors closed owing to the disaster, which started final weekend, the ICC has been confronted with a extreme logistical problem of arranging return flights for groups.

On Wednesday, although, there was excellent news for Zimbabwe, with the primary batch of their squad members leaving for residence from Delhi after the ICC reworked their journey preparations.

Like West Indies, Zimbabwe performed their final match on the T20 World Cup on March 1, losing to South Africa in Delhi. Zimbabwe have been initially scheduled to depart on March 2, however that plan was cancelled.

There isn’t any official phrase on the journey plans for the remainder of their squad members.

“Zimbabwe Cricket confirms that the Zimbabwe senior men’s team participating in the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup 2026 are on their way home from India after the International Cricket Council secured alternative travel arrangements following recent transit disruptions,” Zimbabwe Cricket stated in an announcement on Wednesday. “Due to flight availability and revised routing, the squad will return to Harare in batches.

“Zimbabwe’s unique journey route was by way of Dubai on an Emirates flight nevertheless it needed to be altered. It has been learnt that Zimbabwe at the moment are travelling to Harare by way of Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.”

South Africa have been eliminated in the semi-final by New Zealand on Wednesday night time, and can now wait to know their schedule for getting again residence. In case England lose to India in the second semi-final on Thursday, their travel plans back will also have to be worked out.

*The article was updated after Sammy’s latest post on his X handle

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Suhas Bhokare is a journalist covering News for https://onlinemaharashtra.com/
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