WATCH: Rishabh Pant looks in light mood as India cricket team arrives in Barbados ahead of T20 World Cup 2024 Final

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1 min read 28 Jun 2024, 11:14 AM IST

Indian cricket squad arrived successful Barbados for the T20 World Cup 2024 last against South Africa. Players, including Rishabh Pant, Virat Kohli and Hardik Pandya, were spotted astatine the airport.

BCCI President Roger Binny and erstwhile cricketers Sunil Gavaskar and Ravi Shastri with cricketer Rishabh Pant during celebrations of the day of India's triumph successful 1983 Cricket World Cup. (PTI Photo) (PTI)

Rishabh Pant looked successful a airy temper arsenic helium smiled and seemingly cracked a gag astatine the Grantley Adams International Airport (GAIA) successful Barbados. Several players from the Indian cricket squad were seen boarding the squad autobus arsenic they arrived astatine the airport. India volition play against South Africa connected June 29 astatine the Kensington Oval.

Hardik Pandya, Jasprit Bumrah, Mohammed Siraj and Axar Patel were among the archetypal players captured astatine the airdrome successful a video shared by ANI. Virat Kohli was the adjacent 1 to come, followed by Yuzvendra Chahal. Yashasvi Jaiswal was seen walking alone. Roger Binny, the president of the Board of Control for Cricket successful India (BCCI), was besides seen astatine the airport.

Head Coach Rahul Dravid looked engaged arsenic helium moved to the autobus and glanced inside. Rishabh Pant came next. He was the lone 1 who was seen without immoderate luggage.

Pant, donning a Caribbean hat, smiled arsenic helium looked astatine the camera. He seemingly cracked a gag with a information guy. Both laughed arsenic Pant swiftly proceeded to committee the bus.

A landing nonaccomplishment of a tiny backstage craft astatine GAIA earlier caused the South Africa team, their families, commentators, lucifer officials and ICC officials to beryllium stranded astatine Trinidad airport. The Barbados airdrome was closed for inspections. The pilots learned astir the runway closure successful Bridgetown Just earlier taking disconnected from Trinidad.

"It appeared that the landing cogwheel of the backstage craft did not deploy, but it is presently connected the runway astatine GAIA safely," ESPNcricinfo quoted Sharleen Brown, Corporate Communication Specialist with GAIA, arsenic saying successful a statement. The 2 passengers and the pilot, who were progressive successful the incident, were unharmed.

T20 World Cup 2024 final

On June 29, either South Africa oregon India volition marque past erstwhile they conscionable successful the final. No squad has ever won the T20 World Cup rubric undefeated. This time, whichever squad wins volition interruption that grounds arsenic some the Proteas and the Men successful Blue are undefeated.

Breaking the contented of hosting finals connected Sundays, the International Cricket Council (ICC) has organised it this clip connected a Saturday.

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Published: 28 Jun 2024, 11:14 AM IST