Archive · 9 Oct 2026
Pakistan Manager Tells Players to Remove Caps at Dinner
A video from a dinner for Pakistan’s cricket team spread online.
In it, the team manager asks Hasan Nawaz and Naseem Shah to take off their caps before meeting Mohsin Naqvi.
The players take off their caps and join the dinner.
One person online said the manager’s way of reminding them looked too strict.
The dinner happened before Pakistan’s three-game T20 series against Sri Lanka.
A viral video shows Pakistan team manager asking Hasan Nawaz and Naseem Shah to remove their caps at a team dinner.
The dinner was hosted by Pakistan Cricket Board chairman Mohsin Naqvi ahead of Pakistan’s T20I series against Sri Lanka.
The players removed their caps and then joined the dinner.
A social media user criticized the manager’s finger-pointing, saying national cricketers should not be treated like schoolchildren.
Pakistan and Sri Lanka are scheduled to play three T20Is in Rawalpindi from October 9 to October 13.
- Who
- Pakistan team manager, Hasan Nawaz, Naseem Shah and Pakistan Cricket Board chairman Mohsin Naqvi.
- What
- A video shows the manager asking two players to remove their caps at a team dinner.
- When
- At a dinner held ahead of the Pakistan-Sri Lanka T20I series; the article does not specify the dinner date.
- Where
- At a dinner hosted by the Pakistan Cricket Board; the article does not specify its location.
- Why
- The manager reportedly asked the players to remove their caps as a matter of protocol.
Protocol and discipline
How the reminder was delivered
Request to remove caps
Protocol and discipline
The manager reportedly asked the players to remove their caps in keeping with protocol.
How the reminder was delivered
A social media user said players should be informed of protocols beforehand and criticized the finger-pointing as an unnecessarily school-like way to address them.
- Event
- A viral video shows a Pakistan team manager asking Hasan Nawaz and Naseem Shah to remove their caps.
- Host
- Pakistan Cricket Board chairman Mohsin Naqvi hosted the dinner.
- Reported reason
- The request was reportedly made in keeping with protocol.
- Series
- Pakistan and Sri Lanka are scheduled to play three T20Is.
- Dates
- October 9, October 11 and October 13; the article does not specify the year.
- Venue
- Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium, Rawalpindi.
- Social media reaction
- One user criticized the manager’s finger gesture and said players should not be treated like schoolchildren.