England’s tour of India 2024, IND vs ENG: England cricket team led by Ben Stokes (England Cricket Team) reached Hyderabad last night on January 21, where they will face hosts India in the first match of the upcoming five-match Test series.

However, for the first Test starting from January 25, the England Cricket Team is using its young offspinner Shoaib Bashir.Shoaib Bashir) reached India without. Actually, the parents of uncapped offspinner Shoaib Bashir, who plays domestic cricket for Somerset, are of Pakistani origin, due to which his visa could not be cleared.

Shoaib Bashir has not reached India yet

Shoaib Bashir is stuck in UAE due to visa issues, where the England team had organized a training camp. Bashir is still in Abu Dhabi as he was unable to travel to Hyderabad with the rest of the England team due to paperwork delays.

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The Somerset offspinner is currently in the UAE along with Stuart Hooper, the England and Welsh Cricket Board’s (ECB) new managing director of cricket operations. Meanwhile, England head coach Brendon McCullum has revealed that the ECB has taken up the matter with the Indian government and all relevant authorities and they are expecting positive news in the next 24 hours.

There are some problems regarding his visa: Brendon McCullum

According to Cricbuzz, Brendon McCullum said: “We are hopeful that Bash (Shoaib Bashir) will join us tomorrow. There are some problems regarding his visa. We have full confidence in BCCI and Government of India that they will soon find a solution to this problem. All these things take time, right?

Everyone is doing their job as best they can. This is a process that we have to go through and we are confident that we are going to get positive results. He is not alone there. We are hoping that news will come today that his visa has been cleared, then we will include him in this series.”