Pakistan-born Australian batter Usman Khawaja’s departure for India has been delayed after he faced issues in acquiring a visa even as his teammates began leaving for the four-game Test tour, commencing on February 9.
Khawaja, however, took a humorous dig at the situation when he posted an image from the famous Netflix series ‘Narcos’ on his Instagram on Wednesday.
“Me waiting for my Indian Visa like…” he wrote above an image in which Pablo Escobar – played by actor Wagner Moura- is sitting alone on a swinging seat.
He also used the hashtags “stranded” and “dontleaveme”(do not leave me) in his post as the second group of Australian players and support staff had left from Sydney in the afternoon.
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According to the reports, the left-handed opener is now scheduled to depart on Thursday.
Khawaja, who moved to Australia from Pakistan aged 4, has toured India multiple times before and had an episode of visa denial by Indian authorities previously.
In 2011 he was initially refused a visa to play in the T20 Champions League for New South Wales before representations to the Indian high commission resolved the situation.
On their visit to India, Australia will spend four days in Bengaluru for preparations before moving to Nagpur for the opening Test.
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