Pakistan team is currently in England for their first assignment post coronavirus pandemic. Pakistan will kick-off their tour with the thr🌞ee-match Test series scheduled to begin from August😼 05 at the Old Trafford in Manchester. After the Test series, Pakistan will play three-match T20Is on the English soil.
All matches will be played behind closed doors, and players of🦩 both sides will stay in a bio-secure env💯ironment, following all the required protocols.
But before the series takes place, the Pakistan team, on Friday, celebrated Eid al-Adha in England and their photos went viral on social media. Pakistan Cricket Board’s official Twitter handle shared several photos of their players celebrating the occasion.
Pakistan cricket team is celebrating today!
— Pakistan Cricket (@TheRealPCB)
However, as soon as fans saw the pictures, they couldn’t control their emotions and decided to bash players for showing irresponsibility as none of the players or staff were seen wearing masks or maintaining social distance amid the pandemic.
Here is how netizens reacted:
Why they are so blatantly violating the social distancing by staying away 1 metres.
Will take note and put𒀰 entire Pakistan team on 10 days compulsory self isolation please— Muntazir e Mahdi (@TigerZindaHay)
Why they are not following SOP’s?
— ♕𝐀𝐡𝐦𝐞𝐝 𝐒��𝐚𝐤𝐞𝐞ཧ𝐥 𝐁𝐚𝐢𝐠 (@AhmedGBaig)
SOCIAL DISTANCING BOYS!!!
Make us even more happy on Eid with a great win, Pakista꧅n🦂 is proud of you.— Observer603 (@Observer603)
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No mask ?
No distancing?— Bareezè (@baynooma)
No masks…
No social distancing….
Well done guys 🖕🖕😤👏…
— Aghil Palakkal (@aghi_0007)
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Where is social distancing??
— Saleem Khan18 (@SaleemMarri6)
No social distancing
What message u guys r delivering ?
Kindly take notice such co𒅌ntent should not b shared— Usman Tariq (@drusmann090)
The pandemic has disrupted the lives of numerous individuals across the globe, along with affecting the economic situation. In fact, due to the outbreak of a deadly virus, several religious traditions and fes🦩tivals are being celebrated with limitations due to a surge in coronavirus cases ac𝔍ross the world.
Earlier𝓰, PCB have revealed a list of 20 players who were shortlisted 💟and will be considered for the Test series against England.
Former skipper Sarfaraz Ahmed, who has not played Test cricket for Pakistan since January 2019, has been named in the list along with veteran pacer Wahab Riaz, who took an indefinite break from red-ball cricket in 2019. Apart from them, opener Fawad Alam, who hasn’t played a single Test since 2009, was also picked in the squad.
Here is the squad:
Azhar Ali (c), Abid Ali, Asad Shafiq, Babar Az൲am, Faheem Ashraf, Fawad Alam, Imam-ul-Haq, Imran Khan, Kashif Bhatti, Mohammad Abbas, Mohammad Rizwan, Naseem Shah, Sarfaraz Ahmed, Shadab Khan, Shaheen Shah Afridi, Shan Masood, Sohail Khan, Usman Shinwari, Wahab Riaz, Yasir Shah.
