commanded by Babar Azam Pakistan’s experience in the current ODI World Cup 2023 has been somewhat unpredictable. The team has managed to record three victories and four losses from its seven games played thus far in the competition. The Men in Green have six points from seven games, good for sixth place in the rankings after their performances. Given the political tensions between the two nations, it was inevitable that the team would face several travel restrictions and heavy security when it arrived in India for the renowned competition. Mickey Arthur, the side’s team director, claims that Pakistan has suffered greatly as a result of the strict security.
Mickey Arthur came forward to draw attention to how difficult the tight security has been for Pakistan, drawing comparisons to the COVID era.
As a squad, Pakistan plays an incredible amount of cricket, so traveling is nothing new for these players. The fact that we have been under so much surveillance has been difficult,” Arthur was cited by ESPNcricinfo.
“Well, I kind of regret it. To be honest, I’ve had trouble with it. It seems as though we’ve returned to the COVID era, when you were confined primarily to your floor and team room. They value privacy so strongly that they have breakfast in a different room from everyone else. Thus, it’s been nearly the difficult part, he continued.
Reawakening to a scene straight out of Groundhog Day Mickey Arthur
Arthur also discussed the significant effects that stringent security measures and travel limitations have had on the players. He said that although the side has planned amusing team-wide activities, it hasn’t been sufficient.
“Undoubtedly, it does. It most certainly does; I’ve observed it in certain players where it has occurred; you wake up and it’s just like Groundhog Day. It is the same thing. After breakfast, if it’s not a training day, you return to your room, according to Arthur.
We’ve made an effort to organize little, enjoyable team activities in our team room. However, there’s only so much that you can replicate. I believe the men have gone out three times; we were able to get them out to a different restaurant or something, just to give them a small flavor of what’s out there,” he said, working around security.
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