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Stranded present owed to the closure of Gulf airspace, a batch of Zimbabwe's cricketers near for location pursuing the extremity of their T20 World Cup run aft the ICC reworked their question arrangements to debar the portion immersed successful struggle close now.
Zimbabwe, who had a memorable T20 World Cup, beating Australia and Sri Lanka to marque it to the Super Eights, couldn't advancement beyond that and were eliminated past week.
They were scheduled to permission connected March 2 but were stuck successful Delhi owing to the closure of airspace successful the Gulf portion pursuing the US and Israeli strikes connected Iran. The archetypal batch of players yet near for location connected Wednesday successful alternate flights.
"Zimbabwe Cricket confirms that the Zimbabwe elder men's squad participating successful the ICC Men's T20 World Cup 2026 are connected their mode location from India aft the International Cricket Council secured alternate question arrangements pursuing caller transit disruptions," the committee said successful a connection connected 'X'.
"Due to formation availability and revised routing, the squad volition instrumentality to Harare successful batches. The archetypal radical of players departed India today, Wednesday, portion the last radical is scheduled to permission connected Friday afternoon," it added.
Zimbabwe's archetypal question way was via Dubai connected an Emirates formation but it had to beryllium altered. It has been learnt that Zimbabwe are present travelling to Harare via Adis Ababa, Ethiopia.
The West Indies cricket squad was besides stranded successful India owed to aforesaid reason, but determination has been nary update connected its question plans yet.
