KOLKATA, India (CMC):
Players and staff of the West Indies senior men’s team will have to wait just a few more days before they can return home from India.
The regional team, which has been stranded on the subcontinent since March 1 due to the crisis in West Asia, has been informed that they will now leave in the early hours of tomorrow, according to a report from ESPNcricinfo.
Both West Indies and South Africa are scheduled to leave on a charter flight on March 10, with the Proteas travelling to Johannesburg, while the Windies will travel to Antigua from there.
According to the report, the two sides were earlier expecting to leave yesterday (March 8), but confirmation of the new date was given to them yesterday afternoon.
It is the third time the regional team’s travelling plans have been altered. They were initially scheduled to leave on Friday, but that date was then pushed back to Sunday.
Three members of South Africa’s squad – Keshav Maharaj, Jason Smith and George Linde – along with the entire management were due to leave India yesterday and head to New Zealand, where South Africa will play five T20Is starting March 15.
The changing travel plans, caused by airspaces being closed or limited in west Asia following the crisis, have caused unhappiness in both camps.
