Ahead of England's five-match Test series against India, skipper Ben Stokes on Tuesday opened up on Shoaib Bashir's visa delay and said that it is "frustrating".
"It was a bit more than a 'clear out' as well. Surgery is always the last option. Surgeries can go very well, but they can also sometimes not go too well and set people back even further, and potentially even end careers," Stokes said.
The five-match Test series between India and England begins on January 25 in Hyderabad with the next four matches to be played in Vizag, Rajkot, Ranchi and Dharamsala.
The England Cricket Team arrived at the Rajiv Gandhi International Airport in Hyderabad on Sunday evening ahead of their five-match Test series against India.
Digvijay Singh has stoked a fresh controversy ahead of the "Pran Pratishtha" ceremony at Ayodhya Ram Mandir, saying the Ram Lala idol being seated in the temple does not look like a child.
Notably, ahead of the Ayodhya Rama Mandir Pran Pratishtha ceremony on January 22, the idol of Lord Ram was placed inside the sanctum sanctorum of the temple in Ayodhya on Thursday.
The five-Test series between these two rivals will kickstart from January 25 onwards at Hyderabad and end on March 11 in Dharamshala. This series will be an extremely crucial fixture for both sides, as a lot of ICC World Test Championship points are at stake.
Broad retired from international cricket after the fifth and final Ashes Test at The Oval, with 604 Test wickets in 167 matches and overall 847 international wickets in 344 matches.
The five-match Test series between India and England will kick off on January 25 next year with the first Test in Hyderabad. The fifth and final Test will be held in Dharamshala and the series will conclude on March 11.
While speaking on recent controversy stoked over his Party's senior leader, Sam Pitroda's remark on Ram Mandir, Ramesh distanced himself from Pitroda saying his statement is not an official statement of the Congress Party.