NEW DELHI – India’s opening batsman Shikhar Dhawan was left upset uponarrival in Cape Town, South Africa after his wife Aesha and kids weren’table to join him due to what he called as “unprofessional” behaviour fromthe Emirates Airline. Meanwhile the rest of the Indian team and supportstaff reached the African nation for the 56 day tour which will see theside play three Tests, six ODIs and three T20s.
In couple of tweets, Dhawan shared the situation which forced Aesha and thekids to be stopped in Dubai on account of not having birth certificates oridentification proofs. As a result, Dhawan’s family will have to takelonger to join Shikhar in South Africa. “Absolutely unprofessional fromEmirates. Was on my way 2 [to] SA with my fam [family] & was told tht[that] my wife and kids can’t board the flight from Dubai to SA. Was askedto produce birth certificates & other documents fr [for] my kids at theairport which we obviously didn’t have at that moment. They are now atDubai airport waiting for the documents to arrive. Why didn’t Emiratesnotify about such a situation when we were boarding the plane from Mumbai?One of the Emirates’ employee was being rude for no reason at all,” wroteShikhar on Twitter.Shikhar and the rest of the Indian squad will hit the practice nets,instead of playing a practice game, ahead of the first Test which begins onJanuary 5.