- Tuesday, April 16, 2024
By: Shubham Ghosh
THE second T20 international cricket match between the West Indies and India on Monday (1) got delayed because of an unusual rain. There was no rain nor any other disturbance but still the game at Warner Park, St Kitts and Nevis, got delayed by two hours because of “significant delays in crucial team luggage” from Trinidad where the first match was played on Friday (29).
Cricket West Indies (CWI) said in an official statement on Monday that it regretted the delay in the arrival of luggage caused.
“CWI regrets any inconvenience caused to our valued fans, sponsors, broadcast partners and all other stakeholders,” it said.
*CWI STATEMENT* Delayed start time for 2nd Goldmedal T20I Cup match, powered by Kent Water Purifiers | New Start Time: 12:30PM AST (11:30am Jamaica/10pm India)https://t.co/q1J5FBdZAh https://t.co/dy59uajSr8
— Windies Cricket (@windiescricket) August 1, 2022
“Due to circumstances beyond CWI’s control, there have been significant delays in crucial team luggage arriving into St. Kitts from Trinidad,” it said.
The match, which was scheduled to begin at 8 pm IST will now begin at 10 pm IST.
Reactions soon started pouring in Twitter as fans posted memes and funny clips to make the cricketers’ unique experience hilarious.
Here are some reactions seen on the social media platform to the delay in the arrival of the team luggage:
India vs WI 2nd T20I match time delays, due to delaying in luggage delivery. pic.twitter.com/3zvaFuzSvu
— Vishal. (@SportyVishal) August 1, 2022
#WIvIND #INDvsWI #T20I #TeamIndia
Players waiting for their Luggage in St Kitts pic.twitter.com/Cg5LKTxegS
— g0v!ñD $#@®mA (@rishu_1809) August 1, 2022
The middle-class me who never leaves the airport without the luggage: https://t.co/uOMdvi3PE0 pic.twitter.com/ggJJYTOK1d
— Nikhil 🏏 (@CricCrazyNIKS) August 1, 2022
Ind vs wi two match delayed by 2hrs due to delay in arrival of luggage#indvswi #INDvsWIonFanCode #RohitSharma𓃵 #RohitSharma pic.twitter.com/pbuIM6KGP9
— Ashwin Dhavale (@AshwinDhavale) August 1, 2022
Luggage arrival delayed by FanCode so that people know there’s a match tonight 🧐 #WIvIND
— Shridhar V (@iimcomic) August 1, 2022
Wow, that's something new to hear. A match getting delayed due to luggage not having arrived. #INDvWI #WIvIND
— Shamak Layeeq (@shamak_layeeq) August 1, 2022
Legends: Match delayed due to rain
Ultra-legends: Match delayed due to wet outfield/sandstorm
Cricket West Indies: Match delayed due to "luggage issues" https://t.co/eIcmTX4RJJ
— tea_addict 🇮🇳 (@on_drive23) August 1, 2022
Match delayed because team luggage didn’t reach. This is weird, we are talking about international cricket here.
— Bhawana (@bhawnakohli5) August 1, 2022
