Published: Dec 02, 2012, 04:32 PM (IST)
Edited: Dec 02, 2012, 04:32 PM (IST)
The PCB said that the players won’t be allowed to entertain any requests from friends or fans to attend private dinner parties during the India tour © AFP
New Delhi: Dec 2, 2012
The Pakistan Cricket Board has laid some strict guidelines for its players for the upcoming tour of India which includes restrictions on attending private dinner parties and not entertaining any friends at the team hotel.
“There are certain security protocols that we have taken.
The PCB said that the players won’t be allowed entertain any requests from friends or fans to attend private dinner parties © AFP. They have also been intimated that they can’t entertain any guests in their hotel rooms,” PCB spokesperson and GM (Media affairs) Nadeem Sarwar told PTI during an exclusive interaction.
Sarwar, along with Ehsan Sadiq (Director, Security & Vigilance, PCB), Usman Walha (Manager, International Cricket Operations) have come to recce the five venues Kolkata, Bangalore, Chennai, Delhi and Ahmedabad for the 12-day trip.
Sarwar said that one shouldn’t read too much into the security protocol.
“Not entertaining guests in hotel rooms rule was also followed during World T20 in Sri Lanka. About dinner parties, if there is a function by Government of India or Pakistan High Commission, it’s our duty to attend but players won’t be allowed to attend any random dinner parties.
