The Pakistan Cricket Board PCB has also completed fitness tests for 11 more players including national T20 team captain Babar Azam and Test team captain Azhar Ali but Abid Ali Yasir Shah and Shaheen Shah Afridi due to personal issues Were not available
According to the details the PCB had decided to test the fitness of the cricketers limited to their homes due to the lockdown on a video call after which the testing of domestic players in the teams of the associations was started a few days ago Centrally contracted cricketers Haris Sohail Mohammad Abbas Asad Shafiq Sarfraz Ahmed Shaun Masood Hassan Ali Shadab Khan and Emad Wasim took online test on video call on Tuesday
National team s strength and conditioning coach Yasir Malik yesterday tested 11 more players including T20 captain Babar Azam Test captain Azhar Ali Fakhr Zaman Mohammad Amir Wahab Riaz Mohammad Rizwan Usman Shinwari and Imam ul Haq. While Muhammad Hafeez, Shoaib Malik and Naseem Shah were tested by academy coach Saboor Ahmed the tests of Abid Ali Yasir Shah and Shaheen Shah Afridi who were not available due to personal reasons will be held next week
According to sources Yasir Malik will compile a report in a few days and send it to head coach and chief selector Misbah ul Haq On the other hand the tests of domestic players have been conducted by the trainers of the respective teams It was not necessary to take UV test for this time this time no penalty is being imposed for low quality of fitness just the duty to take the test has been fulfilled while the next test will be in June