Pakistan vs England: Host captain Babar Azam is reportedly fuming over the safety preparations at Karachi after he was not allowed exterior the staff resort for a household dinner.
UPDATED: Dec 19, 2022 17:47 IST
Babar Azam fields towards England in third Test match. (Courtesy: Reuters)
By Press Trust of India: Pakistan captain Babar Azam stayed off the sector within the first hour of the second day of the third Test towards England, apparently to protest towards intrusive safety measures for the gamers and their households.
According to media studies Babar was indignant when he was stopped from going out with another members of the staff and their households for dinner on Saturday night time from the staff resort.
Babar had deliberate to exit to dinner with Sarfaraz Ahmed, Azhar Ali, Shan Masood, and Imam-ul-Haq with their households at an area restaurant.
But when he got here down from his resort room, the safety personnel stopped him from going exterior making it clear that he and different gamers needed to search prior clearance about their actions as the 2 groups are being supplied President-level safety for the collection towards England.
Yes, Pakistan staff is sad with an excessive amount of safety and behavior of some safety personnel nevertheless it has nothing do to with Babar Azam incident earlier right now pic.twitter.com/9RP1Klugoj
— Ù°Imran Siddique (@imransiddique89) December 18, 2022
The captain was not pleased with the safety measures and termed them as intrusive after a heated argument with a senior official and went again to his room in a huff.
Reports say that he, on Sunday, did not come out to steer the staff for one hour and remained within the dressing room to protest the behaviour of the safety personnel.
The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) for its half has largely remained silent on the incident however the official model given out is that Babar had a extreme headache when he got here to the bottom which is why he could not come onto the sector within the first hour.
Pakistan and England are each being supplied President degree safety for the collection because the PCB shouldn’t be prepared to take any probabilities, provided that England is touring Pakistan for a Test collection after 17 years.
But insiders say the gamers have now develop into fed-up with the round the clock safety round them which doesn’t permit them to exit of the staff resort with out prior permission and clearance.
“It is for their own good and Pakistan cricket,” one PCB supply.
Sources near the gamers say that whereas safety for the visiting facet is comprehensible why ought to the Pakistani gamers be subjected to such strict measures.
Edited By:
Kingshuk Kusari
Published On:
Dec 19, 2022