Delay in luggage arrival led to three 'Arshdeep Singh's' on the pitch for India

There were more than one Arshdeep Singhs doing duty for India in the second T20 International against the West Indies here on MondaySurprisedApparently the lanky India pace bowler landed in St Kitts from Trinidad with more than a handful of his jerseys even as the luggage of several other teammates got delayedArshdeep had to part with a couple of his jerseys which saw Suryakumar Yadav wearing the leftarm pacers shirt when he came out to bat Later pacer Avesh Singh too came out wearing the jersey bearing Arshdeeps nameCWI had cited unavoidable circumstances for delays in the arrival of team luggage from Trinidad into St Kitts In a statement ahead of the start of the second T20I CWI had said Due to circumstances beyond CWIs control there have been significant delays in crucial team luggage arriving into St Kitts from TrinidadThe delays in arrival of luggage also forced the match to start three hours late The match which was scheduled for an 800pm start IST finally commenced at 1100 pmAlso Read South Africa dealt major blow ahead of England Tests as Kagiso Rabada suffers ankle injuryAs a result todays Mondays 2nd T20 Cup match is due to start at 11 pm India time CWI regrets any inconvenience caused to our valued fans sponsors broadcast partners and all other stakeholders CWI saidViewers watching the game in India were taken aback when Arshdeep came out to open with Rohit Sharma But the fans soon realised it was Suryakumar Yadav wearing the 24yearold pacers jersey Later Avesh Khan too was seen wearing the extra jersey of the leftarm quickSocial media went into overdrive with a fan tweeting Today 3 players wore jersey of a guy named Arshdeep But the real lad arshdeepsinghh performed best of all of themAnother fan wrote Avesh khan wearing arshdeep jersey and take wicket by bowl yorker like arshdeep Another fan posted an image of Spiderman and two imposters and wrote Everyone is wearing an Arshdeep shirt on the field todayWest Indies went on to win the match by five wickets to level the series 11 after their leftarm pace bowler Obed McCoy produced one of the most impactful bowling performances in T20I cricket history as he demolished the visitors for 138The 25yearold quick produced the bestever figures by a West Indies bowler in the shortest format before the home side held its nerve in the final over to level the fivematch series McCoy ended with 617 from a brilliant fourover spell which was a mix of accurate cutters and changes of paceOpener Brandon King then topscored with 68 52 deliveries to inspire a successful West Indies chaseThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever