New Delhi, January 29: Allrounder Manan Sharma, a member of India’s under-19 team, was not allowed to board his flight back home from New Zealand because his hand injury was not properly dressed.
“Manan Sharma, a member of the Indian under-19 team that was on its way back from New Zealand earlier today, was not allowed to board flight SQ 298 CHC – SIN flight. The airline refused to let him travel with his teammates as his hand injury had not been dressed properly,” BCCI Secretary N Srinivasan said in a statement.
“The ICC Logistics team subsequently brought Mr Sharma back to the hotel. They will be helping him check-in on the following flights tomorrow (30 January 2010),” it added.
India went down to South Africa in the fifth place play-off match to settle for the sixth spot in the ICC Under-19 World Cup in New Zealand.
–Agencies