Sarfraz Ahmed accuses players of grouping as team reach London
Pakistani cricketers spotted roaming in Manchester before clash with India.
London (Dunya News) – Pakistan skipper Sarfraz Ahmed accused Imad Wasim, Wahab Riaz and Imam-ul-Haq of grouping within the team as the Green Shirts reached London for their next contest against South Africa.
It has been learnt that Pakistan players are not currently talking to each other, and captain Sarfraz Ahmed was not accompanied by any team member upon their arrival in London.
Earlier, another video of Pakistan cricket team players roaming in Manchester hours before the biggest clash of World Cup fixture between arch-rivals Pakistan and India on Sunday, surfaced on Monday.
The video shows five Pakistani cricketers including Hassan Ali, Shadab Khan and Fakhar Zaman roaming around the city ahead of the high-voltage clash, while not a single security or anti-corruption official was with them.
The players also tried to avoid cameras as they saw they were being filmed, while Fakhar Zaman also directed the cricketers to leave that place.
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It is pertinent here to mention that a number of photos and videos emerged on social media that showed Pakistani cricketers at a Shisha café late at night before the crucial World Cup encounter.
A viral video showed Pakistani all-rounder Shoaib Malik along with his wife and Indian tennis star Sania Mirza and other Pakistani cricketers like Wahab Riaz and Imamul Haq enjoying shisha at the lounge, which has been blamed as the chief reason for the defeat.
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Some cricket fans claim they saw Shoaib Malik smoking shisha at 2am at the lounge on Winslow Road in Manchester, while others were having junk food, including “burgers and pizzas”.
On the other hand, Pakistan team captain Sarfraz Ahmad wanted batsman Asif Ali and bowler Muhammad Hasnain to play the match but the team management didn’t listen him and later Imad Wasim and Shoaib Malik were included in the lineup.
Meanwhile there are reports that Sarfraz Ahmad lashed out at players after defeat saying if anyone thinks only he would go then they shouldn’t keep this in mind.
Sources said that even head coach Mickey Arthur was also silent when Sarfraz was speaking. The captain further asked the players to forget what has happened and move forward.
He asked the players to perform in the next matches.
