India, March 11 -- The ICC on Tuesday booked separate commercial flights for the stranded West Indies and South Africa teams after their charter flight scheduled to take off from Kolkata "was cancelled due to logistical issues."

"All the West Indies and South African players have been booked on individual commercial airline flights. Obviously, all can't be booked on the same airlines but ICC has taken care of individual bookings. ICC chairman Jay Shah has personally spoken and assured players of a safe journey back home," an ICC source privy to the development told PTI on conditions of anonymity. "It must be mentioned that Darren Sammy is already on his way home, having left on Monday night," the source also informed. The two teams that ...