Chennai, July 9: India spinner Harbhajan Singh was denied entry into the Anna International Airport here for not having a ticket and had to wait for about 45 minutes outside the entry area before finally getting in.
The tweaker arrived at the domestic airport from Mumbai and was taken to International airport from where the Indian cricket team was scheduled to leave for Sri Lanka.
Instead of joining teammates at a city hotel, Harbhajan preferred to go straight to the International airport. The security personnel asked the spinner to show his ticket but the cricketer did not have any as the team travels on a group ticket. The Airport manager suggested the spinner to buy a visitor’s pass and wait in the lounge. Harbhajan though prefrerred to wait outside the entry area.