February 13 (press ki taquat bureau): The lack of multiple entry India visa had delayed Rehan Ahmed’s exit from the airport after England arrived here for the third Test, but the spinner’s teammate Ollie Pope hoped that the issue will be resolved ahead of the match, beginning on Thursday.
England had flown to Abu Dhabi on an extended 10-day break after the second Test at Visakhapatnam but on the team’s return on Monday, Ahmed was stopped from leaving the Hirasar airport here because he had only a single-entry visa.
The local immigration authorities managed to give the 19-year-old an interim two-day visa to facilitate his entry, and Pope was optimistic that the entire episode would come to an end sooner than later.
“Hopefully it (Ahmed’s visa issue) will be sorted in a day or so,” said Pope while addressing a press conference here on Tuesday.
