Click to play videoNew Delhi: Indian women's hockey team was unable to board a flight from Delhi airport to Russia on Wednesday night because officials forgot to organise a transit visa.
As always the blame game has begun following the fiasco after the transit visa could not be organised for the team that was to fly to the Russian city Kazan via Frankfurt in Germany to play in the Champions Challenge.
The team members will fly off to Russia on Thursday night and they know their acclimatisation and training plans will have to wait after the unexpected roadblock in what appeared to be a smooth journey to Kazan.
"The girls will find it tough to be ready. We need at least two days for the recovery," said team captain Surendra Kaur.
Just when it appeared everything was systematic and planned to the hilt the visa trouble came as a shocker. Hockey India is putting the blame squarely on their travel agents and the airlines.
"The agent should have been aware that a transit visa was required," manager Bula said while coach MK Kaushik admitted that the fiasco would affect team morale
"It will surely affect the team. It will be hard to raise their motivation level after this shocker," said Kaushik.
Clearly, the women's team will need more than just a session of pep-talk to lift their spirits.
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