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Annoyed gamers say they had been left in the dead of night for days over their journey whereas England flew out inside two days.

Cricket’s governing physique has rejected solutions of unequal therapy after the West Indies and South Africa squads had been stranded in India for greater than per week following their exit from the T20 World Cup, whereas England flew out in lower than two days.

The Worldwide Cricket Council (ICC) has been accused of giving preferential therapy to at least one crew over the opposite two amid the journey chaos ensuing from airspace closures and rerouted flights due to the warfare within the Center East.

Nonetheless, the ICC mentioned on Wednesday it “rejects any suggestion that these choices have been pushed by something apart from security, feasibility and welfare”.

“We perceive that gamers, coaches, help workers and their households who’ve accomplished their ICC Males’s T20 World Cup 2026 campaigns are anxious to return house,” it mentioned in an announcement.

Cricket West Indies mentioned on Tuesday its squad had waited 9 days for a constitution flight that was “repeatedly delayed”, calling the uncertainty “more and more distressing”.

West Indies ‌gamers had been leaving India on business flights in batches 10 days after their scheduled departure, which led to annoyed gamers airing their ideas in social media posts.

The ICC mentioned 9 West Indies gamers and workers members had been already travelling to the Caribbean, with the remaining 16 booked on flights departing India inside 24 hours.

Indian media reported {that a} constitution flight for the West Indies and South ⁠Africa Twenty20 World Cup groups scheduled to fly to Johannesburg earlier than persevering with on to Antigua was cancelled earlier on Tuesday.

In the meantime, South Africa, who’ve been stranded in ⁠India since March 4, will start to fly house on Wednesday, with the complete contingent ⁠departing within the subsequent 36 hours, the ICC mentioned.

England flew house ‌lower than two days after being crushed within the semifinals, prompting criticism of the ICC from the South African and West Indian camps.

Darren Sammy, head coach of West Indies, started venting his frustration on social media on the fifth day since his crew’s exit from the T20 World Cup.

“I simply wanna go house,” he wrote on X, adopted by one other tweet requesting an replace after being left in the dead of night for 5 days.

Three days after South Africa had been knocked out, within the first semifinal, their gamers Quinton De Kock and David Miller mentioned the crew had heard nothing from the ICC relating to their departure whereas England, who had been eradicated a day later within the second semifinal had already left.

“England are leaving earlier than us by some means?! Unusual how totally different groups have extra pull than others,” De Kock wrote in an Instagram story.

Miller, commenting on a submit asserting England’s departure, mentioned: “It doesn’t take the ICC lengthy to organise England constitution. WI have been ready for 7 days for a constitution and SA approaching 4 days now. And but we nonetheless wait.”

The ICC mentioned the criticism was “incorrect” and that there was no comparability between preparations for South Africa and the West Indies and people made for England, “which arose from separate circumstances, routing choices and totally different journey situations”.

“All through this era, the ICC’s overriding ⁠precedence has been the protection and welfare of everybody affected,” the game’s world governing physique mentioned.

“We won’t transfer folks till we’re happy that the journey ‌answer in place is protected, and that dedication won’t change.”