England frustration ends as spinner Shoaib Bashir gets visa for India

England off-spinner Shoaib Bashir was on Wednesday granted a visa to travel to India for the five-match Test series beginning from Thursday, announced the country’s cricket board.

Bashir will now travel to India from London this weekend to join his teammates and can be in contention



for an England Test debut for the second match at Visakhapatnam.

“Shoaib Bashir has now received his visa and is due to travel to join up with the team in India this weekend. We’re glad the situation has now been resolved,” said the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) in a statement.