Scotland’s T20 World Cup rush: ‘golden ticket’ & Denmark at Euro 92

After Watt and his team-mates knew they were going to India, they were not sure when.

Flights were booked in the hope that visas would come through and when they did, the rush to get halfway around the world began.

“It was like Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory,” Watt said. “I got my golden ticket and I was like, ‘you need to get me on the flight tonight’.

“Leasky in Aberdeen had to drive two and a half hours to Edinburgh, he got his visa through the same time as me.

“We’re all so excited and so grateful this opportunity came about, but also feel sorry for Bangladesh on the other side of it.”

Scotland are one of five European sides at the competition and one of nine associate ICC members.

After warm-up defeats by Afghanistan and Namibia, they take on West Indies in their opening match on Saturday, before games against Italy, England and Nepal in Group C, with the top two progressing to the Super 8s.

Watt says the prospect of seeing different match-ups can only be a positive.

“Obviously I’ve got a bit of favouritism for their associates,” he said.

“But I just think the more the merrier. You see these Test-playing nations play against each other so often, it’s a little bit samey and I think it’s really refreshing when the associates come to play against these big teams.

“Obviously sometimes the results don’t go your way, but it’s the only way these teams and ourselves are going to learn how to play against them.

“So it’s a great learning curve, but also, we’re not there just to learn, but we’re there to beat teams.”