Cricket: West Indies players leave India on commercial flights after charter cancelled
Indian media reported that a charter flight for the West Indies and South Africa Twenty20 World Cup teams scheduled to fly to Johannesburg before continuing to Antigua was canceled early Tuesday.
The CWI said in a statement that some players and staff had left and others were scheduled to leave on different flights on Tuesday and Wednesday. The West Indies were eliminated from the Super Eight stage of the tournament on March 1, but remained in India as charter flights arranged by the International Cricket Council (ICC) were repeatedly delayed.
“As is customary for both the men’s and women’s ICC World Cups, all travel and accommodation arrangements for participating teams are coordinated and managed by the ICC,” CWI said. he said.
“Ongoing uncertainty around ICC-organised statutes as a result of global tensions and aviation regulations has made the situation increasingly troubling.” West Indies coach Daren Sammy and South African players Quinton de Kock and David Miller accused the ICC of putting them in a difficult situation and stated that the England team returned on a charter flight within two days of losing in the semi-final against India.
“Since then, multiple approaches have been made through CWI, players and other partners in coordination with the ICC to secure commercial travel to facilitate the safe return of the team,” CWI said. he added.
