2 min readMar 5, 2026 05:09 PM IST Zimbabwe Cricket said on Thursday that the men’s cricket team are on their way back home from India after playing the 2026 T20 World Cup. Zimbabwe’s return home had been delayed due to the US-Israel-Iran conflict after the team’s campaign ended in the Super Eights. Zimbawe Cricket said that the team is departing for Harare in batches and that the first group of players are leaving on Thursday. “Zimbabwe Cricket confirms that the Zimbabwe senior men’s team participating in the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup 2026 are on their way home from India after the International Cricket Council secured alternative travel arrangements following recent transit disruptions,” the board said in a statement on ‘X’. “Due to flight availability and revised routing, the squad will return to Harare in batches. The first group of players departed India today, Wednesday, while the final group is scheduled to leave on Friday afternoon,” it added. Zimbabwe’s original travel route was via Dubai on an Emirates flight but it had to be …