BEN­GALU­RU, In­dia – In a con­cern­ing de­vel­op­ment ahead of the T20 World Cup, West In­dies’ bat­ting pow­er­house Shim­ron Het­my­er finds him­self strand­ed in South Africa, un­able to join his team­mates in In­dia due to un­re­solved visa is­sues.

The de­lay has thrown a span­ner in the works for the Caribbean side’s prepa­ra­tions, with their open­ing warm-up fix­ture against Scot­land just two days away.

Crick­et West In­dies (CWI) has is­sued a brief state­ment, as­sur­ing that “the mat­ter will be dealt with soon.”