The ICC T20 World Cup 2024 winning team has to wait for clearance to leave the Caribbean islands and it’s the nature that’s holding them back. The India National Cricket Team won the T20 World Cup on June 29. Team India was supposed to leave for New York from Barbados and board for New Delhi on Sunday night, but ‘Mother Nature’ had other ideas as a hurricane shut down most of the Airports in the West Indies. The phenomenon called Hurricane Beryl – reached the Caribbean Islands keeping Rohit Sharma and co. in Barbados. Team India Stuck in Barbados After ICC T20 World Cup 2024 Win Due to Hurricane Warning.

What is Hurricane Beryl - Holding the Indian Cricket Team at Barbados? Know Its Severity

The natural calamity around the Caribbean Island is a cyclone - formed with an enormous energy from the ocean to the atmosphere. This affects transportation – via air and sea. The name Beryl has been used for eight tropical cyclones in the Atlantic Ocean (near the east coast of the US and around the West Indies, Haiti). Along with the T20 World Cup final host Barbados, nearing territories like Grenada, Sait Lucia and Saint Vincent were put on warning on June 29. Hurricane Beryl Live Tracker Map on Windy: Check Spaghetti Models, Projected Path and Latest News Updates on Category 4 Storm Heading Towards Caribbean Islands.

As of multiple reports till now, Beryl’s winds have reached 130 miles (209 kilometres) per hour. This puts it in a major Category 4 hurricane – an extremely dangerous one in the field. Wind and heavy rain will spread across the islands overnight as Beryl approaches making it difficult for the land commutes. Philippe Papin, a hurricane specialist at the centre, said in a forecast, “A life-threatening storm surge will raise water levels as much as 6 to 9 feet above normal tide levels in the areas of onshore winds near where the eye makes landfall,” Team of the Tournament for ICC T20 World Cup 2024 Revealed! Rohit Sharma, Suryakumar Yadav, Hardik Pandya, Axar Patel, Jasprit Bumrah, Arshdeep Singh Included From Team India.

Indian Cricket Team Possible Return Dates

While the signs are worrying, international teams including the India National Cricket team are at safer premises and will be waiting for the clearances to fly back to India. BCCI (Board of Control for Cricket in India) Secretory Jay Shah has assured all the assistance needed to bring back the Indian Cricket Team. However, according to reports, there is a probability that the Grantley Adams International Airport of Barbados will resume operations on Tuesday, with the cyclone moving back into the Ocean. Fans can assume that possible effort will be made to get the players to board a chartered flight directly to New Delhi. Yet the scene and decision clarity will prevail on Tuesday.

 

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