Windies coach Daren Sammy has been vocal on social media all through the difficulty. On Thursday he posted “I simply wanna go residence”. “Not less than an replace, inform us one thing,” he additionally mentioned.
After England’s departure was confirmed, South Africa batter Quinton de Kock mentioned “Humorous, we’ve heard nothing! Unusual how completely different groups have extra pull than others.”
West Indies, South Africa and England have been all scheduled to depart India through the Gulf – a scenario made tough by the Iran struggle and subsequent air strikes throughout the area.
England departed through Egypt on Saturday. West Indies and South Africa will lastly journey collectively on a chartered airplane on Monday.
“The protection and well-being of gamers, help workers, officers, and our personal workforce stay our absolute precedence as we reply to the evolving scenario affecting air journey throughout elements of the Center East,” the ICC mentioned.
“The present disruption to a number of airspaces has created a extremely advanced and fast-moving logistical problem.
“As an illustration, the England group and their workers have been in a position to fly out from Mumbai with out restriction because of the route’s airspace being unaffected and flights working as normal.
“The ICC categorically refutes any claims of bias on this or different cases, and has been absolutely accommodating of particular calls for and situations put forth by groups.
“The ICC’s logistics and occasions groups have been working constantly with governments, aviation authorities, airways and constitution suppliers to safe secure journey choices for all collaborating groups and match personnel.
“Moreover, they and the ICC chief government have maintained common dialogue with the members’ consultant ICC administrators, board chairs and CEOs to guarantee all concerned of their groups’ security and the affect of the rapidly-changing scenario.”
