Pakistani-origin cricketer stopped at Rajkot airport, gets 24-hour deadline

A big crisis is coming for the India-England team between the Test series. One after another, big players are being ruled out of the Test series due to injuries. Amidst all this, another England player has faced a visa crisis.

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The England team has returned to India from Abu Dhabi for the third Test match. After losing the second Test at the hands of Team India, the English team went to Abu Dhabi for practice. As it was time for the third Test to begin, Stokes and Co thought it better to sweat it out in Abu Dhabi instead of practicing in India. However, now the team has returned to Rajkot, where the third match of the Test series will be played from February 15. However, after returning to India, there has again been a problem with an England player. He was stopped at the airport itself.

The England player who was stopped by the airport authority in Rajkot was Rehan Ahmed of Pakistani origin. Visa was also the reason for stopping this England spinner at the airport. Rehan Ahmed had a single entry visa, due to which he was stopped at the airport. After a long struggle, Rehan Ahmed got permission to go to the team hotel with the England cricket team. But, this matter is not resolved yet.

According to reports, Rehan Ahmed has received permission to accompany the team to the hotel from the Rajkot airport. But, with a time limit of 24 hours. They have been given this 24 hours to correct their papers. England leg-spinner Rehan Ahmed will have to do this before the third Test starts in Rajkot.

A BCCI official said that the England team has been asked to renew Rehan's visa. They have to do this work in two days. Until then, the leg-spinner is allowed to stay in India along with the rest of the team. He will also be part of the team in practice on Tuesday.

This is the second case of England team related to visa during India tour. Earlier something similar happened with Shoaib Bashir. Due to incomplete visa documents, Bashir also did not come to India with his team and reached India a week late. This was the reason why he made his Test debut not in the first Test of the series played in Hyderabad, but in the second Test played in Visakhapatnam. And now Rehan Ahmed is also in trouble with the visa issue.