The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) has appointed sports activities psychologist Dr Maqbool Babri to counsel the boys’s group throughout ODI sequence in opposition to Afghanistan in Sri Lanka adopted by the high-profile Asia Cup earlier than the marquee World Cup comes calling.

“Yes, Dr Maqbool Babri who has worked in the past with counselling of some of our players will be accompanying the squad,” a PCB supply mentioned.

He mentioned the board needed to facilitate the gamers in each means doable in order that they have been in a position to focus fully on their cricket and matches.

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Babri has prior to now additionally labored with some gamers serving to them perceive easy methods to deal with stress conditions and get by means of unhealthy performances and private points.

A supply within the PCB mentioned that Babri was being despatched with the group in order that the gamers can at all times have a professional psychologist to take a seat down with and talk about any points as a substitute of bottling up their emotions.

The PCB introduced on Sunday {that a} pre-Sri Lanka departure camp for the gamers in Pakistan will begin on the National Cricket Academy, Lahore from Monday.

The three-day camp is being held earlier than the group will depart for Hambantota on 17 August.

Abdullah Shafique, Faheem Ashraf, Muhammad Wasim Jnr, Salman Ali Agha and Saud Shakeel will attend the camp.

Haris Rauf, Mohammad Rizwan, Tayyab Tahir and Shaheen Afridi will arrive in Lahore on 16 August from London for the departure on 17 August.

The gamers collaborating within the Lanka Premier League together with captain Babar Azam will be part of the group in Hambantota.

The Pakistan Cricket Board has additionally invited eight extra gamers within the camp. They are Abbas Afridi, Abrar Ahmed, Arshad Iqbal, Mohammad Imran Jnr, Mohammad Umar, Sufyan Muqeem, Mehran Mumtaz and Qasim Akram.