PCB Slams Mohammad Hafeez For Taking Private Covid-19 Test

Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) is infuriated with the conduct of their senior all-rounder Mohammad Hafeez after he took private test for Covid-19. Hafeez claimed he tested negative in the private test he underwent after the cricket board had announced that including him, six other Pakistan players have tested positive.

Hafeez took to Twitter to notify that he and his family members have been tested negative in a private test. Hafeez also shared the screenshot of his test on his official Twitter handle. He also prayed that ‘may allah keep us safe’.

“After Tested positive COVID-19 acc to PCB testing Report yesterday,as 2nd opinion & for satisfaction I personally went to Test it again along with my family and here I along with my all family members are reported Negetive Alham du Lillah. May Allah keep us all safe,” Hafeez tweeted.

Mohammad Hafeez should have spoken to us first: PCB CEO Wasim Khan

PCB CEO Wasim Khan has conveyed his disappointment over Hafeez’s conduct and has spoken to him personally. He, however, said that Hafeez had the right to take a private test but should have spoken to the board first as it has created a problem for them.

“I spoke to Hafeez today and I made it clear to him our disappointment at the way he had handled this entire affair,” PCB CEO Khan told the Cricket Baaz YouTube channel on Wednesday.

“As an individual he has a right to take a private test but he should have spoken to us first because he created a problem for us,” he said.

Kashif Bhatti, Mohammad Hasnain, Fakhar Zaman, Mohammad Rizwan, Wahab Riaz, and Imran Khan are among the other players to be tested positive.

Despite the players being contracted with the virus, their board looks optimistic about the England tour. The tour is discussed to be organised in a bio-secure environment and the Pakistan camp might opt for a few substitutes in these crisis situation.

Pakistan will tour England for a Test and T20I series, which will get underway from July 30 with the T20I series concluding in the first week of September.