Veteran cricketer trapped in Saudi Arabia amid US attacks on Iran, pleads for help

New Delhi: Bangladesh’s experienced wicketkeeper-batsman Mushfiqur Rahim is stuck in Jeddah due to disruption of air services due to America’s attacks on Iran. Mushfiqur Rahim had been returning from Umrah pilgrimage. The US and Israel launched a major attack on Iran on Saturday, with US President Donald Trump calling on the people of Iran to overthrow the Islamic leadership that has ruled the country since 1979.

Due to the military strikes, air services in the Gulf region have been halted and many flights, including those of Emirates and Air India, have been disrupted. He wrote on his Facebook page, “I came to Mecca a few days ago for Umrah Hajj.” My Hajj has been completed and today I am going back to Bangladesh via Dubai (Emirates).

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The 38-year-old player said, “We left Jeddah for Dubai this morning on flight EK 0806, but unfortunately due to the war between America, Israel and Iran, all the planes returned to Jeddah and now I am stranded at Jeddah airport along with thousands of passengers. When and how will we be able to go to Dhaka with other Bangladeshi people?

Air India has canceled all its flights to and from the Gulf region. Air India said in a statement issued on ‘X’ that flights mainly to Abu Dhabi, Dammam, Doha, Dubai, Jeddah, Muscat, Riyadh and Tel Aviv (Israel) have been cancelled. Rahim has retired from ODI and T20 international cricket. He has scored 7,795 runs in 274 ODI matches, which includes nine centuries and 49 half-centuries.