Afghanistan team entered the ongoing Asia Cup 2022 with high hopes. However, their campaign in the marquee Asia tournament got concluded on a disheartening note. The young team faced two back-to-back defeats in their last two games against Pakistan and India respectively. Now Rashid Khan requests for help when Afghanistan team stuck at Airport.
Despite Afghanistan’s early exit from the tournament, The team managed to impress the fans with some exciting quality of cricket. The Mohammad Nabi-led side displayed some serious skills both with bat and ball. Afghanistan ended up in first place in the Group stage (Group B).
The young team certainly has raised expectations of the fans. They will enter the upcoming T20 World Cup as one of the contenders for the title and not just a participant. The experience in Asia Cup will turn out to be decisive in the high-octane ICC tournament, which is scheduled to take place in Australia.
Rashid Khan requests for Help, Afghanistan team stuck at Airport :
Meanwhile, Rashid Khan, The Afghanistan player made an astounding tweet a few hours back. The leg spinner confessed that the Afghanistan team players and members of support staff were forced to wait for more than a whopping four hours in the airport at immigration desk.
The incident happened at the Heathrow Airport of London, where the team landed after their Asia Cup campaign. Rashid tagged the official Twitter handle of the Airport as well as the airlines, namely Emirates in the same tweet. However, there has been no response from any of the two so far.
“We have all been queuing for the last 4 hours. Only two person at the immigration desk for 2 airlines! Heathrow plz allocate more staff! We are still only half way! @HeathrowAirport,” wrote Rashid Khan in his tweet.
Here’s the tweet:
We have all been queuing for the last 4 hours. Only two person at the immigration desk for 2 airlines! Heathrow plz allocate more staff! We are still only half way! @HeathrowAirport
— Rashid Khan (@rashidkhan_19) September 9, 2022
After being part of continuous cricketing action, Rashid Khan will now head to his home country Afghanistan. He will make his comeback on the cricket field directly in the upcoming T20 World Cup 2022 in Australia, which is around 30-days away from now.