‘They Asked To Stop Checking Fitness of Players’ – Mohammad Hafeez Exposes Babar Azam and Mickey Arthur
Mohammad Hafeez is making shocking revelations related to Pakistan Cricket.
Mohammad Hafeez has claimed that former Pakistan captain Babar Azam and director of cricket Mickey Arthur had stopped fitness tests of players in 2023.
Mohammad Hafeez, recently ousted as director of cricket and interim coach for the Pakistan cricket team, threatened the PCB to expose them, a promise he is currently fulfilling.
“When we went to Australia, I told the players to take care of their fitness levels. I also asked the trainer about the fitness of the players. He told me a shocking thing that six months ago captain (Babar Azam) and Director of Cricket (Mickey Arthur) told me to stop checking the players on the fitness parameters and let them play the way they want,” Hafeez told A Sports.
Hafeez further mentioned that certain players lacked the fitness required to complete two-kilometer trial runs, impacting the team’s overall performance.
“When the fat levels of the players were checked, the skin fold of all of them was high – for most players it was 1.5 times the limit. They were unfit and some of them couldn’t complete a 2 KM trial run. The decision taken 6 months back overruled the set criteria for fitness. You will suffer defeats if the fitness is like that,” Hafeez added.
Babar Azam stepped down from the captaincy of the national team across formats due to the underwhelming performance of the team in the ODI World Cup 2023.
