Shoaib Bashir flies back to England and ruled out of first Test by India visa delay
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Captain Ben Stokes ‘devastated’ for the Somerset off-spinnerBashir’s absence means Tom Hartley could make debutShoaib Bashir has flown back to the UK and been ruled out of Thursday’s first Test against India in Hyderabad after a visa delay that prevented England’s rookie spinner from travelling to the country with his new teammates.Just 20 years old and on his first senior England tour, Surrey-born Bashir has become the latest cricketer of Pakistani heritage to be hit with a visa delay en route to India. Moeen Ali and Saqib Mahmood have had similar experiences in the past, as did Australia’s Usman Khawaja before his side’s Test tour last year. Continue reading...
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