A well-placed source in the Pakistan cricket team confirmed to 'The News' that Fawad Alam did not turn up for the flag hoisting ceremony at the ground and even had failed to justify his absence.
After conducting a hearing on the player, the team management fined him and warned him against any future misconduct.
One of members of the team when requested to narrate the whole story said that the organisers had invited sixteen kids who were supposed to accompany the 15-member team along with the coach to the Wanderers for the flag hoisting ceremony. However, Fawad did not turn up despite several reminders and was sleeping in the dressing room. By the time he woke up, the short ceremony was already over. The kid who was supposed to accompany Fawad also left perplexed and confused. He even started weeping finding no player to walk with.
The kid was consoled and was later offered the opportunity to take pictures with each member of the team.
This is not the first time the player fell short of required discipline standard. A couple of weeks back he had been involved in a serious breach of conduct during the national training camp for the Champions Trophy forcing the management to impose a heavy fine of Rs100,000 on him.
When Pakistan team management was contacted, they tried to play down the episode. "It was not a big issue and we settled it according to laid down rules."
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