Four individuals from Afghanistan's Under-19 visiting party which took part in the new World Cup in the Caribbean have remained on in the UK and not got back to Afghanistan with their partners.
Their travel visas are set to terminate on February 8 and ESPNcricinfo has affirmed the four are at present in London. It couldn't be affirmed whether the group of four, which incorporates one player, is looking for refuge in the UK.
The Afghanistan Cricket Board (ACB) has offered no authority remark on the turn of events.
Afghanistan partook in a fruitful World Cup, completing fourth, three spots higher than in 2020. The visiting party loaded onto a trip in Antigua throughout the end of the week and arrived in London at Heathrow air terminal on Sunday morning. The crew then, at that point, took a trip to Kabul through the UAE, ultimately arriving back home on Monday morning, to felicitations from the ACB.
While the remainder of the Afghanistan crew including the training and care staff loaded onto that flight, four chose to remain at Heathrow.
UK government decides express that an individual can remain in the country for right around 48 hours on a travel visa. That implies the four individuals' travel visa will lapse on Tuesday morning. It was the issuance of the very visas in January that had deferred Afghanistan's appearance in the Caribbean and almost made them miss the World Cup.
'Afghanistan needs them'
Previous Afghanistan player Raees Ahmadzai, who was the lead trainer during the World Cup, said he trusted the four would "reconsider" and get once again to their nation of origin. Ahmadzai said he had informed each of the four. "They accepted my messages. However, they have not reacted at this point," Ahmadzai told ESPNcricnfo on Monday.
"I let them know Afghanistan needs them. Sports and cricket has done a ton for Afghanistan. The help we got during the World Cup was astonishing, incredible. Once in a while when you get things done for your country, it will mean a ton for you in your entire life."
In excess of 100,000 Afghans including no less than one previous president, administrators, sportspersons and regular folks left the country following Taliban accepted power last August. Ahmadzai said that while he comprehended it was a "individual" decision, he couldn't say whether the four individuals had an arrangement.
"At times you can get passionate and can choose in the impromptu, however when you reevaluate concerning how you treated figure it will hurt you. I accept they will return. It is an individual decision. Now and then you don't have an arrangement. I know these individuals. They were excellent to work for Afghanistan cricket."
In the event that the four choose not to return, Ahmadzai said it would not influence Afghanistan cricket. "It won't make any issue for our cricket. However, they will feel everlastingly remorseful. As a sportsperson you can travel anyplace. At the point when I began playing cricket it was my fantasy to go to see UK, Europe, America, Australia and it is a result of cricket I have voyaged in excess of 50 nations. These folks are experts, and I am as yet trusting they will return to Afghanistan."
Ahmadzai said that cricket had supported its prominence notwithstanding the nation's vulnerability and flimsiness. "Cricket will be alive in Afghanistan. The eventual fate of the game remaining parts splendid. We completed fourth this time contrasted with seventh in the last version.
"We had exceptionally solid help in the Caribbean. The resistance groups adulated us including Mahela Jayawardene [who] said it is astonishing to see such great players at the Under-19 level and you all will be on top one day. That implies a ton for our young people."
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