UK authorities intervene over Shoaib Bashir as England star lastly granted visa
England spinner Shoaib Bashir will fly to India after having to return to the UK to kind out his visa points. The 20-year-old was quickly left stranded in Abu Dhabi whereas his teammates flew to the nation forward of Thursday’s first Test in Hyderabad.
UK authorities intervene over Shoaib Bashir as England star lastly granted visa
He duly headed again to London the place he needed to current his passport to embassy officers. The Somerset spinner, a shock choice in December having performed simply 10 pink ball matches, subsequently has his visa granted in London.
The ECB said: “We’re glad the situation has now been resolved.” The improvement follows British Government officers popping out in help of the participant, with a spokesperson saying on Thursday: “The specifics of this case are a matter for Shoaib Bashir and the Indian Government.
“But we completely anticipate India to deal with British residents pretty always in its visa course of. We have beforehand raised the problems British residents with Pakistani heritage expertise making use of for visas with the Indian High Commission in London.”
In his pre-match press convention, England captain Ben Stokes lamented the notion that Bashir’s first expertise of worldwide cricket had been soured by the controversy. “Hopefully, we’re going to see him again in India over the weekend,” said the all-rounder.
“My emotions in direction of it have not modified. It’s clearly a irritating scenario – extra importantly, for him. We introduced our squad mid-December. It’s now January 24 and he nonetheless does not have the visa.
“Hopefully we can get this sorted, we can get Bash out here and he can concentrate on the rest of this tour. It’s unfortunate he’s had to go through something like this on his first experience of being in the England team.”
India captain Rohit Sharma also expressed sympathy, and mentioned he hoped Bashir would be capable of get to India “quickly.” The second Test will get underway in Visakhapatnam on Friday, February 2, with the teen now out there for that sport.
Bashir, a British muslim born and raised in Surrey, is going through delays on account of his Pakistani heritage. Australian opener Usman Khawaja, whose mother and father had been born in Islamabad, additionally arrived late for his nation’s tour of India final yr after encountering related points.