Deepak Chahar, an Indian bowler, may not be fully prepared for the opening ODI of the series against Bangladesh on Sunday after having “a horrible experience” on Malaysia Airlines. Washington Sundar, Rishabh Pant, Shardul Thakur, Shikhar Dhawan, Shreyas Iyer, and Chahar were all travelling to Dhaka from Christchurch, New Zealand via Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Chahar reported that despite travelling in business class, his flight was changed without warning and that no food was provided. The right-arm pacer, who has travelled to Mirpur to join the Indian team, stated that with less than 24 hours until the match on Sunday, he is still awaiting his luggage.
Deepak Chahar’s tweet read, “Had a worse experience travelling with Malaysia airlines @MAS .first they changed our flight without telling us and no food in Business class. Now we have been waiting for our luggage from last 24hours. Imagine we have a game to play tomorrow.”
The airline company replied to the tweet, “May be unavoidable due to operational, weather-related, and technical reasons. We apologise for the inconvenience caused.”
Given that veteran pacer Mohammed Shami will not be able to play in the three-match series owing to a shoulder injury, Chahar and Mohammed Siraj will probably share the new ball in the first ODI against Bangladesh.
The superstar Virat Kohli, vice-captain KL Rahul, and captain Rohit Sharma are all back for the Bangladesh One-Day International series. They were all granted a break from the limited-overs tour of New Zealand.
