A special Air India flight has landed in Barbados to evacuate Team India amid Hurricane Beryl. The team will fly back to India on this flight, reported news agency ANI.
Team India has been stranded in Barbados after winning the T20 World Cup 2024 due to Hurricane Beryl – a category 4 hurricane. The special Air India flight was arranged by the BCCI for the coaches, cricketers and their families to return to India.
Hurricane Beryl had led to a complete shutdown of airports in Barbados, where the nail-biting final of the World Cup took place on Saturday. Indian took on South Africa to win the T20 trophy.
The Men in Blue are expected to land in Delhi tomorrow (July 4).
The special charted flight arranged by BCCI secretary Jay Shah will also be carrying members of Indian media who went to cover the tournament but got stranded due to the hurricane, ANI reported.
The team, their families, coaches and media-persons had been confined to their hotels shortly after the T20 WC final as Barbados imposed a curfew due to Hurricane Beryl. Water and electricity supply was also affected.
Broadcaster Sanjana Ganesan on Monday shared a story on Instagram showing husband Jasprit Bumrah gazing out of their hotel window at a tumultuous ocean.
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