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Pakistan head coach Misbah-ul-Haq feels his gamers had been “unlucky” to have contracted the coronavirus throughout their keep in Christchurch, and mentioned that the quarantine protocols breaches had been “unintentional”. Seven members of the Pakistan touring squad examined constructive for coronavirus days after their arrival in New Zealand on November 24. The former Pakistan skipper admitted that the precautionary COVID tips had been strict, and expressed disappointment in not with the ability to observe within the final 14 days.
“Due to COVID, rules are very strict in New Zealand and we respect that. And now we have moved out of quarantine after spending 14 days in isolation. We were not able to practice in the last 14 days,” Misbah mentioned throughout a digital press convention on Friday.
“I think we were a bit unlucky in this regard that we couldn’t practice after three days, and lost a lot of time due to coronavirus cases but now we are back on the field,” he added.
The Pakistan squad was additionally given a “final warning” by the New Zealand authorities, after a few of its gamers had breached the quarantine protocols.
The Pakistan coach mentioned the breaches had been unintentional and known as for making up for the time, that the touring social gathering has misplaced because of the coronavirus instances inside the camp.
“The breaches were unintentional in the first day and it happened moving luggage here and there. It was a weird situation and New Zealand clarified afterwards that Pakistan had followed protocols but never the less the main point is we couldn’t practice due to the positive results those 14 days,” Misbah mentioned.
“Now we are out of quarantine and trying to make up for the time lost. It’s tough to do a work of three weeks in seven days but we are trying to give our best. Want to be in the best shape before December 18 in Auckland,” he added.
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Pakistan is slated to play three T20Is in opposition to New Zealand of which the primary sport is on December 18, whereas the ICC World Test Championship fixtures can be held in Mount Maunganui and Christchurch on December 26-30 and January 3-7, respectively.
Pakistan squad for T20Is: Babar Azam (captain), Shadab Khan (vice-captain), Abdullah Shafique, Faheem Ashraf, Haider Ali, Haris Rauf, Hussain Talat, Iftikhar Ahmed, Imad Wasim, Khushdil Shah, Mohammad Hafeez, Mohammad Hasnain, Mohammad Musa Khan, Mohammad Rizwan, Sarfaraz Ahmed, Shaheen Shah Afridi, Usman Qadir, and Wahab Riaz.
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