Internet Desk: Top three shuttlers of the nation face major crisis as they are troubled on not receiving their visa before flying out on July 6 for major tournaments.
Parupalli Kashyap voiced out his request to Sushma Swaraj, the external affairs minister to provide necessary help in the matter.
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— Parupalli Kashyap (@parupallik) July 4, 2017
Kashyap, HS Prannoy and N Sikki Reddy applied for their New Zealand visa the previous week and requested for urgent processing as the shuttlers are to leave for the Canada and US Opens.
“As we have to leave for tournaments on July 6 to Canada and US Opens, we require passports immediately,” Kashyap said requesting for immediate help.
“The invitation from organisers comes a month before. We were unable to submit our passport as we are in another country playing in another tourney a different country,” he said.
The players busy at the Australian Open in the previous month.