Nadkarni obtains visa for Malaysia

USA opening batsman Sushil Nadkarni has secured the necessary visa to travel to Malaysia and join the USA squad for ICC WCL Division Three. However, he is unlikely to be available for USA's opening match of the tournament on Thursday against Bermuda.

According to a USACA source, Nadkarni received his passport back from the Malaysian Embassy in Washington, D.C., on Tuesday and boarded a flight later in the day from Houston, Texas to begin the journey to Malaysia. He is not expected to land in Kuala Lumpur until Thursday morning.

It means USA will need to find an alternative to join Steven Taylor at the top of the order for the curtain-raiser against Bermuda. USA lost to Bermuda by five wickets in the final match of the round-robin phase for the previous WCL Division Three tournament last year in Bermuda, a game which Nadkarni missed due to injury. It was USA's first loss to Bermuda in ICC tournament play since 2005.