Usman Khawaja was left behind as the remainder of the Australian workforce left for India on Tuesday.
As the workforce flew out the day after the Australian Cricket Awards on Monday evening, Khawaja was stranded as a consequence of visa points.
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The left-handed opener was the one member of the travelling get together who didn’t obtain clearance on his visa.
It stays unclear why Khawaja’s was the one member denied a visa, with the Pakistan-born star anticipated to affix the workforce later within the week.
All purposes for the touring get together had been stated to have been submitted on the identical time in the course of the Sydney Test, however Khawaja was the one one knocked again, in line with the Herald Sun.
Khawaja noticed the lighter facet within the story, taking to Instagram on Wednesday to put up concerning the surprising wait.
Khawaja was the opposite huge winner of the evening on Monday, taking out the Community Champion award and the inaugural Shane Warne Men’s Test Player of the Year gong.
The silky left-hander says his Big Bash facet the Brisbane Heat can go all the best way this season.
“To be where we are now is a credit to the team for their fight and resolve. It’s exceeded my expectation, if I’m being totally honest,” the departing skipper stated.
“I came back to the Heat but it was more of a long-term plan. I thought we could build for this year and expect where we want to be next year and the year after that. But the way the guys have embraced a lot of pressure situations (has been great).
“Max Bryant has been playing unbelievably well for us during the year. He just missed out a few times at the start which can be tough in T20 cricket.
“I’m also really excited for someone like Nathan McSweeney, who will probably get an opportunity. He played one game and got 80 when he batted beautifully at the Gabba. He batted really well in the next game but we all came back and he unfortunately got pushed out.
“The depth is there and the bowling has been great all year, so we might be able to pull out another win.”
This 12 months’s BBL has been a raging success, with scintillating motion resulting in bumper crowds and large rankings because of abroad gamers coming in and Australian Test stars returning for the back-end of the event.
It’s a disgrace guys like Khawaja and Steve Smith gained’t be accessible for the ultimate two video games, however that might change subsequent 12 months with a shortened schedule set to be introduced in.
“It’s just the nature of the beast,” stated Khawaja, who would have been accessible for this match final 12 months given the ultimate was performed on January 28.
“There’s so much cricket in this day and age.
“I think the competition has been great this year. I’m looking forward to what the next few years have in line.
“They’re talking about reducing the competition to 10 games (per team), which I think will be superb for the tournament. It will be the perfect number of games to be played.
“I think we saw a lot of great overseas players this year, and I think when we reduce it to 10 (games) we’ll see a lot of them stay the whole way through which will be awesome.”
– with Martin Gabor, NCA Newswire
Originally revealed as Usman Khawaja left stranded in Oz over visa points into India
Source: www.dailytelegraph.com.au
