Bala Devi forced to stay in Scotland despite women's Premier League postponement due to COVID-19 travel restrictions

New Delhi: Indian footballer N Bala Devi, the first to sign a contract with Scottish women’s Premier League club Rangers, has been forced to extend her stay with the team in Glasgow owing to the travel restrictions forced by the COVID-19 pandemic. [caption id=“attachment_8172351” align=“alignleft” width=“380”] File image of Bala Devi. Twitter @RangersWFC[/caption] The 30-year-old striker does not have professional commitments right now after the Premier League was postponed till April 30 owing to the COVID-19 pandemic. But her return to India has also been stalled after the government on Thursday barred all incoming international flights from 22 to 31 March to tackle the deadly outbreak. “There are no matches now as the league has been postponed and will start on 30 April. But even if she wanted to go back home, the flights from UK to India have been stopped two days back,” Bala Devi’s agent Anuj Kichlu told PTI. “So she can’t go back home, she will remain training there, there is no other way out. We will see the situation. If the league re-starts on 30 April, she can stay there and play. “But if it does not start and is postponed again, we have to see what to do or if any flight is available at that time and decide accordingly,” he added. Devi was a captain of India’s gold-medal winning team at the South Asian Games last year. She scored 16 goals in five matches. Follow LIVE updates on coronavirus outbreak here