Team India's Homecoming Delayed Further, Rohit Sharma's Men Expected To Reach On...
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The Indian team's departure from Barbados was further delayed. Rohit Sharma's men are likely to reach Delhi on Thursday morning.
The Indian cricket team's return home has been delayed by a few days, owing to weather issues in Barbados. Rohit Sharma's men secured their T20 World Cup 2024 title, defeating South Africa in the final on Saturday, and were to leave for India on Sunday but were forced to remain in the island nation. The Hurricane threat in Barbados forced the government to shut down the airport while all flights were cancelled. Multiple reports on Wednesday morning (India time) suggested that there was a further delay in the Indian team's departure from Barbados. The players are likely to land in Delhi on Thursday morning. @BCCI has made all arrangements for safe flight of players back home. BCCI secretary @JayShah himself is monitoring the whole situation. (2/2) It's coming home #TeamIndia pic.twitter.com/Pxx4KGASb8
On Tuesday, BCCI vice-president Rajeev Shukla revealed that the players were to fly to Delhi on Wednesday evening (local time), having been stuck in Barbados for three days due to the hurricane.
"Thank God team India is flying back from Barbados this evening to Delhi. Will be reaching tomorrow evening. They were stuck for three days there because of massive hurricane. @BCCI has made all arrangements for safe flight of players back home. BCCI secretary @JayShah himself is monitoring the whole situation," he posted on X (formerly Twitter) on Wednesday.
However, certain issues caused further delays in the team's departure. The revised schedule meant that the Indian team was to leave the island nation on Wednesday morning (India time), and land in New Delhi on Thursday morning (India time), according to India Today.
