Chief Operating Officer of Logistics Company Express Freight System on Wednesday registered a complaint after players of Indian Premier League (IPL) franchise Delhi Capitals lost their bats, pads and other cricketing equipment from their luggage at the Delhi Airport.

The complaint states that the staff of the logistics company unloaded luggage from the vehicle at the Bengaluru airport that was screened and handed over to IndiGo airlines. At least 64 bags were booked with the airline, the complaint said.

The firm, in its complaint further, said that the team had released this shipment through their staff, which forwarded the load for final delivery immediately and it was unloaded and delivered at Hotel ITC Maurya. Next day they received information of some missing items, it said.

As per the complaint, 17 bats, 3 thigh pads, 7 pairs of gloves, 2 helmets, 3 main pads, 3 shoes and 2 sunglasses are missing.

Express Freight System COO has requested the police to investigate the matter and help them in finding the missing items.

As per the media reports, almost all the players have lost their bats, with batter Yash Dhull losing at least five of them. The bats that foreign players lost cost Rs 1 lakh each.

Notably, Delhi Capitals is at the bottom place in the points table of IPL 2023. They have lost all of their five matches so far. Delhi Capitals had lost their previous match to Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) at the M Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bengaluru on April 15.

The side’s next match will be against Kolkata Knight Riders at the home arena of Arun Jaitley Stadium in Delhi on Thursday.

(With inputs from ANI)