Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) Chairman Mohsin Naqvi announced that the Men in Green will train with the armed forces in a 10-day training camp from March 25 to April 8. The camp is scheduled to start almost a day after the Pakistan Super League (PSL) concludes (March 18) and Naqvi expects the players to “speed up” their fitness.
“When I was watching a game in Lahore, I don’t think any player hit a six that went into the stands. Every time I saw a six like that, I thought it must have been a foreign player. “I have asked the board to come up with a plan to accelerate the fitness of all players. For that we need to put in proper efforts,” Naqvi said as quoted by ESPNcricinfo.
“We’ve got New Zealand, Ireland, England and the T20 World Cup coming up. I thought, ‘When are we going to practice?'” “But we didn’t have time. But we found a window and… We have organized a camp at Kakul (Military Academy) from March 25th to April 8th.Pakistani Army will also take part in your training.Hopefully they will help too.” ” he added.
This is not the first time the Pakistan cricket team has been involved with the military. During Misbah-ul-Haq’s captaincy, the Pakistan team organized a training camp with the army at Kakul Academy in preparation for the Test series against England.
Misbah then scored a hundred in the first Test and celebrated the feat by doing 10 push-ups and then firing a gun salute.
Naqvi went on to stress the importance of players prioritizing their national duties instead of focusing on T20 leagues around the world.
“I’m not asking you not to make money or to make sacrifices that we can’t even make. But let me give you an example. A year ago, I was asked to be the chief minister of Punjab. Well, it caused financial loss to my business.Keeping that aside, I had to bear some additional costs.But I have a desire to represent Pakistan. So I had to make that sacrifice,” Naqvi said.
“I support you 100 per cent but I ask you to make Pakistan your first priority and the T20 league your second priority.It is unfortunate that money comes first and the country comes second. “If you do that, then maybe we can too.” “There is a problem. If you want, you can look at central contracting and make it even stronger, but first and foremost we have to deal with it for Pakistan.” We have to be able to do it,” Naqvi added.
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