The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) has barred players from performing push-ups as part of their celebration after winning matches, PCB Executive Committee Chairman Najam Sethi told a National Assembly committee on Wednesday.
Sethi's revelation came as lawmakers raised questions during a meeting of the Inter-Provincial Coordination Committee over the cricket team performing push-ups after victory in international matches.
The press-ups were first performed by skipper Misbah-ul-Haq when he completed his century on the opening day of the first Test against England in July, and the gesture was
repeated by the entire team upon their victory at Lord's.
"Who were Misbah-ul-Haq and other players giving a message to by doing push-ups?" asked Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) MNA Rana Muhammad Afzal.
He wondered why the players did push-ups when the team won and were silent when it lost.
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Another PML-N MNA, Chaudhary Nazeer Ahmad, opined that while physical movement was a healthy activity, "it would have been better if the players offered nawafil (special prayers) instead of doing press-ups on the victory".
PCB's Sethi responded that Misbah had performed the push-ups to show off his fitness after completing a century, which was later followed by other players.
The players had done press-ups to following their pre-tour boot camp with the Pakistan Army but "this activity has been stopped now", he told the committee.
Misbah-ul-Haq's side went on an army boot camp before the tour to improve their infamously poor fitness, and senior batsman Younis Khan led the squad in performing a routine of press-ups followed by a military-style salute in front of the ground's famous Pavilion.
"That was my promise to the army guys," Misbah had said at a press conference after the match, referring to the unusual celebration.
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The reason why I didn't post it in the cricket section is bcz this highlights a huge social issue.
The constant hatred and fear our lawmakers especially PMLN have for the army that a simple celebration Became a debate for the lawmakers when pakistan is suffering from
Lack of political reforms
Lack of tax reforms
Lack of economic reforms
Lack of legal reforms
Lack of police reforms
Energy crisis
Gas crisis
Terrorism
Economy
International affairs
And various other issues
But apparently players push ups is a huge threat to democracy. Is this not obsession? Is this not madness?
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