KARACHI: Pakistan captain Babar Azam stayed off the sector within the first hour of the second day of the third Test in opposition to England, apparently to protest in opposition to intrusive safety measures for the gamers and their households.
According to media stories Babar was offended when he was stopped from going out with another members of the staff and their households for dinner on Saturday evening from the staff lodge.
Babar had deliberate to exit to dinner with Sarfaraz Ahmed, Azhar Ali, Shan Masood, and Imam-ul-Haq with their households at a neighborhood restaurant.
But when he got here down from his lodge 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 offered President degree safety for the sequence in opposition to England.
The captain was not proud of 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 offered President degree safety for the sequence because the PCB is just not prepared to take any possibilities, on condition that England is touring Pakistan for a Test sequence after 17 years.
But insiders say the gamers have now grow to be fed-up with the round the clock safety round them which doesn’t enable them to exit of the staff lodge 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 aspect is comprehensible why ought to the Pakistani gamers be subjected to such strict measures
According to media stories Babar was offended when he was stopped from going out with another members of the staff and their households for dinner on Saturday evening from the staff lodge.
Babar had deliberate to exit to dinner with Sarfaraz Ahmed, Azhar Ali, Shan Masood, and Imam-ul-Haq with their households at a neighborhood restaurant.
But when he got here down from his lodge 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 offered President degree safety for the sequence in opposition to England.
The captain was not proud of 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 offered President degree safety for the sequence because the PCB is just not prepared to take any possibilities, on condition that England is touring Pakistan for a Test sequence after 17 years.
But insiders say the gamers have now grow to be fed-up with the round the clock safety round them which doesn’t enable them to exit of the staff lodge 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 aspect is comprehensible why ought to the Pakistani gamers be subjected to such strict measures