England spinner Rehan Ahmed didn’t know he was going to get into visa bother when he landed in Rajkot the place the third Test towards India is about to happen. After the 2nd Test, England had travelled to Abu Dhabi for a calming interval as there was greater than ten days break between the matches. When England landed in Rajkot, Ahmed acquired himself right into a paperwork.
Rehan was stopped from coming into Rajkot as a result of he had single-entry visa for India, reported Sportstar. England Cricket quickly launched a press release saying that after Rehan was denied en entry, a brief visa was issued by supportive airport authorities.
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“We were advised, on returning to India, that there was paperwork discrepancy with Rehan Ahmed’s visa. The local authorities at Rajkot Airport were supportive, enabling Rehan entry on a temporary visa. The correct visa should be processed and issued in the coming days. He will continue to prepare with the rest of the squad ahead of the third Test,” learn a press release from ECB.
Weeks after Shoaib Bashir’s delayed arrival in India, attributed to a visa issuance delay leading to his absence from the primary Test in Hyderabad, an identical situation has surfaced with one other participant, Rehan. Bashir, of Pakistani heritage, finally reached India on January 28, in the course of the first Test, after initially staying in Abu Dhabi for England’s pre-tour coaching earlier than returning to the UK for his visa. He made his debut within the second Test in Visakhapatnam.
Like Bashir, Rehan, born in England with Pakistani heritage, confronted no preliminary entry bother as a consequence of a visa secured in October as a stand-by for England’s 50-over World Cup squad. This oversight by the ECB is probably going a clerical error, contemplating the white-ball squad’s steady keep in India till the World Cup group phases concluded.
A BCCI official quoted within the Hindustan Times acknowledged, “The England team has been advised to process the visa again which will be happening in the next two days.” Despite the hiccup, Rehan, permitted to enter the nation with the crew, is predicted to take part in apply on Tuesday.
This situation, harking back to Bashir’s ordeal, mustn’t have occurred, particularly contemplating the anticipation of England’s six-day break within the UAE between the second and third Test, scheduled for Thursday, had been recognized for months.
Ollie Robinson disclosed that he acquired his visa on the morning of England’s departure to Hyderabad from Abu Dhabi final month, studying the earlier evening from crew supervisor Wayne Bentley a couple of paperwork error inflicting the delay. Robinson shared on his podcast, Chatting Balls, “He said, ‘your visa has been denied’ or something.”
