England spinner Rehan Ahmed’s visa issue was finally resolved on Wednesday 14 February, ahead of the Rajkot Test. Let us tell you that Rehan Ahmed had returned to Abu Dhabi after playing the first two Test matches, even though he had only a single entry visa in India. But when he returned with the team for the upcoming matches of the series, he was stopped at Rajkot airport.

Now the matter has been resolved after the intervention of the Government of India and BCCI (Board of Control for Cricket in India). After the incident, England captain Ben Stokes has thanked BCCI and the Indian government for resolving the issue quickly.

“It’s always an anxious period for anyone to wait for it, but thankfully we got it this morning,” Stokes said, according to the Times of India. The people at the airport did a very good job in giving him the visa initially and the BCCI and the government got him the visa quickly. We were not concerned about this matter. We were confident that we would get a visa for Rehaan before the match.

Second highest wicket taker for England in the series

Let us tell you that Rehan Ahmed is the second highest wicket taker for England in the series so far. He has taken eight wickets in four innings at an average of 36.37. Whereas Shoaib Bashir, who reached India late due to visa issues, made his debut in the Visakhapatnam Test. He took four wickets in two innings.

England announced the playing XI for the third test match which is as follows-

Zak Crawley, Ben Duckett, Ollie Pope, Joe Root, Jonny Bairstow, Ben Stokes (c), Ben Fox, Rehan Ahmed, Tom Hartley, Mark Wood, James Anderson