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"Emotional" Ben Stokes considered delaying England's departure to India amid Shoaib Bashir visa delay

GEORGE DOBELL IN HYDERABAD: Bashir, the 20-year-old Somerset off-spinner, has been obliged to return to the UK after Indian authorities delayed issuing him a visa and will not re-join the main group until midway through the first Test

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