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Pakistan-born Australia batter "stranded" with visa issues preventing entry to India

Australia opener Usman Khawaja has been prevented from flying out to Bangalore with his teammates ahead of their Test series against India due to visa issues.

Australia's squad took staggered flights to India on Tuesday and Wednesday, but Khawaja, who was born in Pakistan before moving to Australia when he was four, remains in Sydney waiting to see if he will be granted a visa.

The 36-year-old said he had been left "stranded", sharing a meme on social media from Netflix series Narcos. He captioned the post "Me waiting for my Indian Visa like..." and also included the hashtags "stranded", "dontleaveme", "standard" and "anytimenow".

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