Pakistan team will be banned from any activity on the social websites during the World Cup. PHOTO: MALIK SHAFIQ/ EXPRESS
Naveed Akram Cheema, the Pakistan team manager, confirmed the news on Tuesday saying that the central contracts restricts the chosen squad from using any social networking site during the New Zealand tour and later the 2015 World Cup.
"I personally feel only people with loads of free time are active on these sites and I don't think our players will have enough time on hand for other things other than focusing on cricket and doing well in the World Cup," said Cheema.
The step was taken by PCB to avoid controversies which are usually driven from players' activity on the social networking sites.
Cheema further stated that players who fail to comply with the stated policy will be penalised.
"These players have been selected to represent their country in the biggest event of the cricket world and they need to give 100 percent and remain focused on their game that is why we have imposed this restriction so that they are not distracted," he said.
Another important decision taken by the PCB was to restrict the wives from accompnying the players to the World Cup but the families can join the team on the New Zealand tour.
"They are allowed to have their families with them in New Zealand but for the World Cup families are not allowed to remain with them," he added.
Cheema concluded with a comment on the Pakistan-India match saying that players are instructed to play their hearts out against the arch-rivals but in a fair manner.
"The Pakistan and India match is a showpiece game of the World Cup and the entire world will be watching it so the players have been told to play fair and hard cricket to try to win the match but not to exceed limits," he concluded.
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