KOLKATA, May 7 -- The Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) team, en route from Lucknow to Kolkata after their IPL 2024 match against Lucknow Super Giants (LSG), faced a challenging journey on Monday (May 06) evening as heavy rains in the eastern region disrupted their flight.

According to updates provided by the KKR media team, the team departed Lucknow at 5:45 pm IST, with a scheduled landing time of 7:25 pm in Kolkata.

However, at 8:46 pm, due to adverse weather conditions over Kolkata, their charter flight was diverted to Guwahati, where they landed.

"KKR's charter flight from Lucknow to Kolkata diverted to Guwahati due to bad weather," the team management informed.

Despite receiving clearance to fly back to Kolkata from Guwahati at 9:43 pm...