There are just around four days left for the first of the two Florida T20 Internationals between West Indies and India and there is no sign that the groups are in a situation to head out to the United States. A few individuals from the two sides, including players, have not been conceded US visas up until this point.
Nonetheless, the Cricket West Indies (CWI), the hosts of the matches, has not surrendered trust and the most recent from the Caribbean is that the two sides will be traveled to Georgetown in Guyana on Wednesday (August 3), when arrangements for them have been reserved at the American Embassy there. This is the final desperate effort to save the Florida games. The rest, a CWI official expressed, is beyond their control.
“The US VISA passage arrangements are reserved for Wednesday in Guyana. Every one of the significant applications, and so on have been finished. Past that, we have no control. In any case, we are hopeful,” CWI president Ricky Skerritt .
The two matches in Miami, Florida, are on Saturday and Sunday (August 6 and 7) and the groups desire to arrive at there by Thursday. The flight time between Georgetown, Guyana, and Miami is around five hours.
Meanwhile, a source from Miami advised this site that the designs to have the last two games in Florida are still set up however the CWI is all the while making elective plans. The CWI boss wouldn’t examine his board’s subsequent choice however the source said the most probable scene will be Trinidad.
“How about we save things at that for the present,” Skerritt said when pushed to reveal elective choices. Business partners of the series have additionally been informed something similar – that there is compelling reason need to talk about options at this stage as visas are supposed to be endorsed.
“The CWI won’t fly the Indian group to Guyana except if it isn’t certain of getting the freedom,” the source, completely acquainted with the turns of events, said. The series is level at 1-1 with the third T20I in progress at Warner Park, Basseterre, St Kitts, at the hour of going to print.
