The flight eventually took off from Kochi at at 2.33 p.m. and landed at Hyderabad at 3.44 p.m. said the airline statement.
Kerala Strikers represent the Malayalam film actors.
Speaking to the media on the episode, team captain Rajeev Pillai gave his version of the incident.
"Soon after the air hostess finished her demonstration, there was some clapping of hands and whistling. This irked not the one who did the demonstration, but the one standing behind her who then complained to the captain. The captain then asked all of us to get out and we came out," he said.