{"id":37241,"date":"2026-03-11T13:20:00","date_gmt":"2026-03-11T05:20:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/multimetro.hk\/plus\/2026\/03\/11\/south-africa-team-stranded-in-india-to-fly-home\/"},"modified":"2026-03-11T13:20:00","modified_gmt":"2026-03-11T05:20:00","slug":"south-africa-team-stranded-in-india-to-fly-home","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/multimetro.hk\/plus\/2026\/03\/11\/south-africa-team-stranded-in-india-to-fly-home\/","title":{"rendered":"South Africa team, stranded in India, to fly home"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>South Africa&#8217;s cricket team, stranded in India because of international airspace closure, will begin to fly home on Wednesday, with the entire contingent departing in the \u2060next 36 hours, the International Cricket Council said.       They are one of several including West Indies stuck because of conflict in the Middle East long after their Twenty20 World Cup campaigns ended while the ICC struggled to charter flights to repatriate them.       England flew home two days after being beaten in the semi-finals, prompting criticism of the ICC from the South African and West Indian camps.       The ICC, in a statement on Wednesday, said the criticism was &#8220;incorrect&#8221; and provided an update on South Africa&#8217;s return.       &#8220;On current arrangements, the South Africa contingent will begin departing for South Africa tonight, with all members expected to have departed within the next 36 hours,&#8221; it said.       &#8220;The ICC rejects any suggestion that these decisions have been driven by anything other th<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>South Africa&#8217;s cricket team, stranded in India because of international airspace closure, will begin to fly home on Wednesday, with the entire contingent departing in the \u2060next 36 hours, the International Cricket Council said. 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