Captain of Pakistan Shaheens (A crew), Mohammad Haris, made headlines for his revelation that the crew isn’t allowed to speak about India within the dressing room in the course of the Males’s T20 Rising Groups Asia Cup in Oman; and he has expectedly acquired rebuke for his remark.
Speaking briefly abt Haris’s assertion, former Pakistan batsman Basit Ali reacted sharply in a video on his YouTube channel.
“Usko akal nahi hai, kya bolna hai kya nahi bolna (he has no sense, what to talk and what not). If someone thinks the PCB (Pakistan Cricket Board) has given these directions, then that’s incorrect,” stated the 53-year-old Basit.
In his interplay with the media forward of the group match towards Tilak Varma-led India A on October 19, the Pakistan A skipper had revealed that the gamers will not be allowed to debate the Indian crew within the dressing room.
“Aapko ek baat batau. Pehli dafa hoga ke iss dressing room mei Bharat par baat karne pe pabandi hai (I’ll let you know one factor; it is the primary time ever that we’re not allowed to speak about India within the dressing room),” Haris stated in a video that has gone viral on social media,” Haris stated.
Haris has additionally performed for the senior Pakistan crew in 6 ODIs and 9 T20Is. He stated that the ban on India talks is a method to keep away from placing pointless stress on the gamers.
“We do not have to suppose (solely) about India, we’ve to consider different groups as effectively. I’ve been within the (senior) Pakistan crew, performed the final World Cup as effectively. It creates a lot stress that mentally you might be occupied with India, India. We have now to face different groups as effectively,” he stated.
“So this crew is at the moment banned (from speaking about India). We have now not talked about India to this point within the dressing room…We have now to respect different groups as effectively”.
