Pakistan’s men’s cricket team is currently in New Zealand for the NZ vs PAK 2020 series. The New Zealand vs Pakistan schedule has both the teams playing 2 Tests and 3 ODIs against each other. The Men in Green hit a major bump in the road upon their arrival for the tour and came in the center of the limelight for the wrong reasons. Their 53-man squad had all their members testing negative before boarding their flight from Lahore.
However, 6 Pakistan COVID-19 players tested positive when they were rechecked in New Zealand. The Men in Green were also seen breaking protocols during their 14-day quarantine period. It led to two more players testing positive for Covid-19 during the mandatory testing rounds. The Pakistan cricket team was also denied to train during their quarantine period as eight members of their team tested positive for COVID-19. However, the Pakistan squad has been cleared to leave their isolation facility in Christchurch. However, it is still pending the approval of New Zealand’s health ministry. The decision came after no Pakistani player tested positive in the 5th round of COViD-19 testing. New Zealand Cricket released a statement recently on the same, which said – “Additionally, the member of the squad who was taken into quarantine in Auckland after arriving from Dubai felt unwell but subsequently tested negative, so he has also been cleared to leave the facility.” The Pakistan players had been tested on the first, third day, and sixth days of their stay in isolation.
