Pakistan captain Babar Azam stayed off the sector for the primary hour of the second day of the third Test towards England, apparently to protest the intrusive safety measures for the gamers and their households.
According to media reviews, Babar received indignant when he was prevented from going to dinner with another crew members and their households from the crew lodge on Saturday night time.
Babar together with Sarfaraz Ahmed, Azhar Ali, Shan Masood and Imam-ul-Haq had deliberate to go to a neighborhood restaurant for dinner with their households. But when he got here down from his lodge room, the safety personnel stopped him from going out and made it clear that he and the opposite gamers must take prior permission about their actions as each the groups have a presidential-level assembly for the sequence towards England. Security is being supplied.
The captain was not pleased with the safety measures and after a heated argument with a senior officer, termed them as intruders and went again to his room in a huff. Reports stated that he didn’t come out to guide the crew for an hour on Sunday and remained within the dressing room to protest towards the habits of the safety personnel.
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premiumThe Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB), on its half, has remained largely silent on the incident, however the official model given is that when Babar got here to the sector, he had a extreme headache, so he was not on the sector at first. Could come Bell
Both Pakistan and England are being supplied with presidential-level safety for the sequence because the PCB is unwilling to take any probabilities contemplating England are visiting Pakistan for a Test sequence after 17 years.
But insiders say gamers at the moment are fed up with the round the clock safety round them that does not permit them to maneuver out of the crew lodge with out prior permission and clearance.
“It is for his own good and that of Pakistan cricket,” a PCB supply stated.
Sources near the gamers say that whereas the safety of the visiting crew is comprehensible, why ought to the Pakistani gamers take such drastic steps.
With inputs from TheIndianEXPRESS
