Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) has insisted that its players did not stay out of the team hotel beyond the curfew time the night before the World Cup game against India after videos circulated on the social media claimed otherwise.
A video of Pakistani players at a cafe and captain SarfarazAhmed yawning on the field in the match against India have become bigdiscussion points in Pakistan following the 89-run loss to arch-rivals inManchester on Sunday.
But a spokesman for the PCB made it clear that no player hadviolated the curfew timings set by the team management.
“The video under discussion was of two days back. Onthe night before the match, all the players were in their rooms before curfewtime,” he clarified.
The video in which Shoaib Malik and his Indian tennis starwife Sania Mirza are seen with Wahab Riaz and Imam-ul-Haq has led to differenttheories and stories on social and mainstream media.
He also said that players went out with their families aftertaking due permission from the team manager.
The viral video has also led to Indian tennis star Saniatweeting that whoever recorded the video had not done the right thing as it wasan invasion of privacy and that players eating out with their families was nota crime.There has also been a discussion on Sarfarazyawning on the field and many have questioned whether the PCB’s decision toallow players to have their wives and children stay with them in the World Cupwas right.