India vs West Indies: 'Not an easy place to tour', R Ashwin baffled with 'unique delay' ahead of third T20I

The start of the third T20I between west Indies and India in Guyana on Tuesday witnessed bizarre scenes after the match was delayed by five minutes, despite the players being ready to walk out to the middle. As it turns out, the ground staff had forgotten to mark the 30-yard circle. Instead of getting on with the game, the players were left looking at each other before eventually walking out.

The ground staff rushed to mark the circle and the game started a few minutes after the scheduled start time of 8 pm IST.

Ravichandran Ashwin, who had earlier pointed out the poor cricketing infrastructure in the Caribbean, was quick in hitting the responsible authorities for the below-par preparations.

“Unique delay! It’s not an easy place to tour for reasons like this. As a cricketer, one has to be switched on all the time and always expect the unexpected. All the best to @ybj_19 Go well Chinni Paiyaa,” Ashwin wrote on X.

Unique delay! It’s not an easy place to tour for reasons like this.
As a cricketer one has to be switched on all the time and always expect the unexpected.

All the best to @ybj_19