England’s T20 World Cup preparations have been disrupted with the Indian authorities but to situation visas to spinners Adil Rashid and Rehan Ahmed, in keeping with a report by The Guardian.
The delay means each gamers, who’ve Pakistani heritage, are unlikely to journey with the remainder of the squad this weekend for the six white-ball matches (three ODIs and three T20Is) in opposition to Sri Lanka, and it stays unclear when they’ll be part of their teammates, as per the British media home.
Rashid is at the moment taking part in within the SA20, whereas Ahmed is in Australia for the Huge Bash League, and it’s hoped that they’ll be capable of fly immediately from these places as soon as their visas are cleared.
The England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) has been assured there isn’t any objection to their purposes and has sought help from the UK authorities to expedite the method, although the report added that the timing stays unsure.
With Rashid and Ahmed at the moment unavailable, Liam Dawson is the squad’s solely specialist spinner, which means Will Jacks and Jacob Bethell could also be required to bowl greater than initially deliberate.
England begins its Sri Lanka tour on January 22 with the primary ODI in Colombo.
Its T20 World Cup marketing campaign begins in opposition to Nepal in Mumbai on February 8, and it stays to be seen whether or not each gamers are cleared in time for the match.
It additionally stays to be seen if England’s group sport in opposition to Bangladesh will happen in Kolkata, as its opponents have insisted that they won’t journey to India following the fallout involving Mustafizur Rahman.
Bangladesh has threatened to tug out until its matches are moved to a impartial venue, even because the BCCI hopes the unique schedule will stay.
Revealed on Jan 15, 2026