{"id":9929,"date":"2025-12-06T20:54:29","date_gmt":"2025-12-06T15:24:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/?p=668422"},"modified":"2025-12-06T20:55:19","modified_gmt":"2025-12-06T15:25:19","slug":"india-wins-the-series-but-loses-their-flight-team-stranded-after-3rd-odi-heres-what-happened","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/cricket\/india-wins-the-series-but-loses-their-flight-team-stranded-after-3rd-odi-heres-what-happened\/","title":{"rendered":"India wins the series\u2026 but loses their flight! Team stranded after 3rd ODI \u2013 here\u2019s what happened"},"content":{"rendered":"<article class=\"text-token-text-primary w-full focus:outline-none [--shadow-height:45px] has-data-writing-block:pointer-events-none has-data-writing-block:-mt-(--shadow-height) has-data-writing-block:pt-(--shadow-height) [&:has([data-writing-block])>*]:pointer-events-auto scroll-mt-[calc(var(--header-height)+min(200px,max(70px,20svh)))]\" dir=\"auto\" data-turn-id=\"request-6931e2dd-a050-8322-ba89-b217fd947a8c-18\" data-testid=\"conversation-turn-280\" data-scroll-anchor=\"true\" data-turn=\"assistant\">\n<div class=\"text-base my-auto mx-auto pb-10 [--thread-content-margin:--spacing(4)] @w-sm\/main:[--thread-content-margin:--spacing(6)] @w-lg\/main:[--thread-content-margin:--spacing(16)] px-(--thread-content-margin)\">\n<div class=\"[--thread-content-max-width:40rem] @w-lg\/main:[--thread-content-max-width:48rem] mx-auto max-w-(--thread-content-max-width) flex-1 group\/turn-messages focus-visible:outline-hidden relative flex w-full min-w-0 flex-col agent-turn\">\n<div class=\"flex max-w-full flex-col grow\">\n<div class=\"min-h-8 text-message relative flex w-full flex-col items-end gap-2 text-start break-words whitespace-normal [.text-message+&]:mt-1\" dir=\"auto\" data-message-author-role=\"assistant\" data-message-id=\"55d7dc83-e962-46a8-821c-de968b1ccc84\" data-message-model-slug=\"gpt-5-1\">\n<div class=\"flex w-full flex-col gap-1 empty:hidden first:pt-[1px]\">\n<div class=\"markdown prose dark:prose-invert w-full break-words dark markdown-new-styling\">\n<p data-start=\"103\" data-end=\"333\">In an unusual twist after India\u2019s emphatic 3-0 series win over South Africa in Visakhapatnam, the Men in Blue found themselves dealing with an unexpected off-field hiccup \u2014 their scheduled flight for Sunday has been <strong data-start=\"319\" data-end=\"332\">cancelled<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"335\" data-end=\"697\">The update was first revealed on-air by commentator <strong data-start=\"387\" data-end=\"402\">Jatin Sapru<\/strong>, who informed viewers that Team India\u2019s travel plans had been disrupted due to widespread flight cancellations affecting several airlines, including IndiGo. According to Sapru, the team\u2019s <strong data-start=\"591\" data-end=\"648\">post-match flight for Sunday morning stands cancelled<\/strong>, leaving players and staff temporarily stranded.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"699\" data-end=\"1148\">Adding to the drama, legendary batter <strong data-start=\"737\" data-end=\"755\">Sunil Gavaskar<\/strong> hinted during the broadcast that the team might have to <strong data-start=\"812\" data-end=\"838\">fly out tonight itself<\/strong>, immediately after the match \u2014 something that <em data-start=\"885\" data-end=\"901\">rarely happens<\/em> in international cricket. Gavaskar noted that the chaotic airline situation had forced the BCCI and team management to reconsider their logistics, making India \u201ca victim of IndiGo\u2019s cancellation wave\u201d just like thousands of passengers nationwide.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1150\" data-end=\"1343\">The situation mirrors the ongoing travel disruptions across major Indian airports, where sudden schedule changes and mass flight cancellations have inconvenienced travellers throughout the day.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1345\" data-end=\"1603\">While India walked off the field with a commanding victory \u2014 powered by Yashasvi Jaiswal\u2019s century and Virat Kohli\u2019s fluent fifty \u2014 the team\u2019s immediate concern shifted from cricketing celebrations to <strong data-start=\"1546\" data-end=\"1602\">how and when they will manage to leave Visakhapatnam<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1605\" data-end=\"1672\" data-is-last-node=\"\" data-is-only-node=\"\">More updates on Team India\u2019s revised travel plan are expected soon.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In an unusual twist after India\u2019s emphatic 3-0 series win over South Africa in Visakhapatnam, the Men in Blue found\u2026<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":250,"featured_media":32450,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[4057],"class_list":["post-9929","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-cricket","tag-top-stories"],"reading_time":"2 min read","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9929","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/250"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9929"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9929\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/32450"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9929"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9929"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9929"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}