By Adnan Sipra
ALL members of the Bahrain cricket team gathered around Prachur Kumar Shukla, the bowling coach, listening attentively as he explained the coronavirus safety protocols they had to observe during their short airline hop from the kingdom to Oman.
The national squad is due to participate in the global qualifiers later this month for the ICC Men’s T20 Cricket World Cup, scheduled for an October start this year. The team will leave for Oman tonight.
Minutes earlier, a capping ceremony, organised by the Bahrain Cricket Federation (BCF) at the Gulf Hotel, had just concluded. In a departure from tradition, the players, already clad in their newly minted kits, were handed ties instead of caps – the ties represent Bahrain’s national colours with the BCF logo emblazoned on them.
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