New Delhi: The West Indies, England and South Africa teams are all set to leave India over the weekend on a chartered flight arranged by the International Cricket Council (ICC), confirms a report in ESPNcricinfo. All the teams have been stuck in India due to the disruption in air travel caused by the ongoing military conflict in West Asia.
The report further mentions that England, after going down in the semifinal clash to India on Thursday, will leave from Mumbai on Saturday evening while the West Indies and South Africa will take a different charter flight from Kolkata. England is supposed to fly directly to London while the West Indies, along with South Africa will go to Johannesburg first and then to Antigua.
WI, SA, ENG set to leave over weekend
However, there is still no confirmation on the exact departure of the two teams but as per report, it should be on Sunday. Since South Africa are set to engage in a limited-overs tour against New Zealand from March 15, some of the members of the unit including Keshav Maharaj, Jason Smith and George Linde will be travelling to New Zealand.
Since the time of their exit from the T20 spectacle, both the South African and West Indies team have been stuck in Kolkata. While South Africa lost to New Zealand in the one-sided first semi-final on March 4, West Indies have been in Kolkata since their defeat against India in the last Super Eight game on March 1.
Meanwhile, India lock horns with New Zealand in the T20 World Cup 2026 final on Sunday, March 8 at the Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad, bringing an end to the tournament that began on February 7 in India and Sri Lanka. While India would be chasing their third T20 World Cup title, Kiwis would be aiming to win their first one.