On Day 1 of the second Test at Lord’s, the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) reportedly asked the hosts’ broadcaster Sky Sports not to air the interview with former captain Imran Khan’s sons during the lunch break. A bizarre report has emerged from England, where the hosts are engaged in a Test series with Pakistan. Pakistan reportedly threatened a walkout too if their demands were met. However, Sky Sports went ahead with the scheduled broadcast and aired the interview.
The board even said that Babar Azam ‘s men wouldn’t take the field if the interview was shown on TV. Keep him in as long as possible and silence him,” Kasim said in the interview. Multiple media outlets, including Cricinfo and The Guardian , claimed that the PCB wasn’t happy to see Imran Khan’s sons being in the spotlight during the Test. Sky Sports continued with the broadcast despite the threats. But Pakistan still took the field in the post-lunch session. “It is not very clear what they are doing, just blatantly trying to kill him in there.
