Senior cricketers of the Pakistan national team were left fuming and unhappy at a function of the Pakistan Cricket Board after comedians ridiculed them before a live audience. Captain Misbah-ul-Haq, Shahid Afridi and Umar Akmal in particular conveyed their feelings to the board officials before leaving the function, which was organised by the PCB on Friday night to honour the team that won the Asia Cup in Bangladesh in March. PCB media manager, Nadeem Sarwa, meanwhile, was quoted as saying that no player was upset with the jokes of the comedians who were hired by the PCB marketing manager Asif Jamal for the function. “No player left the function early or protested. I myself had dinner with some of the players. It was all light hearted stuff,” Sarwar said. However, sources close to both the players as well as Pakistan’s Geo Channel confirmed that they were unhappy and Misbah, Afridi and Akmal had left early as a mark of protest. Sources said the cricketers got upset when the comedians ridiculed some of them in front of the audience.
