Australian leg-spinner Fawad Ahmed who was with the Australian team as a spin-bowling consultant on the tour of Pakistan reveals that Australian players are aware of the fact that the public got disturbed due to their arrival.
Australian leg-spinner Fawad Ahmed who was with the Australian team as a spin-bowling consultant on the tour of Pakistan reveals that Australian players are aware of the fact that the public got disturbed due to their arrival.
The 40-year-old also revealed that the Australian players remained empathetic towards the people of Pakistan and talked about that how several traffic jams were caused during their arrival.
In an exclusive interview with Cricket Pakistan, the leg-spinner revealed that Australians were provided the “presidential-level security” during their visit to Pakistan.
“The security was amazing. The government and PCB both spent millions of dollars to make sure the series went smoothly and they offered us presidential-level security.”
“I heard several Australian players who talked about how the people were suffering due to their arrival because they have this kind of awareness within themselves. It will be fantastic if PCB carried out their plans to create hotels next to stadiums – that way they can limit the amount of money spent on security on a daily basis,”
he added.
Australian team visited Pakistan after 24 years and for this young generation of players, it was an honor to be a part of this historic tour. Fawad also revealed that Australian players were taken aback by the massive support from the Pakistani crowd.
“The home team crowd showed immense support for the Australian players. While leaving the crowd, the fans would be chanting ‘Aussie, Aussie’ which was also something new for these players because they are used to hostile crowds in countries like India, West Indies, England, and South Africa,”
he revealed.
Australians were seen posting pictures of food and doing different activities while their stay in Pakistan.
“The players spoke highly about the quality of the food and claimed that it was much better than most of the other sub-continent countries. They particularly enjoyed the food of Islamabad and Lahore,”
Fawad commented.