{"id":24033,"date":"2021-01-18T15:30:09","date_gmt":"2021-01-18T16:30:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=24033"},"modified":"2021-01-18T17:01:13","modified_gmt":"2021-01-18T17:01:13","slug":"security-is-fantastic-our-focus-is-cricket-now-de-kock","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=24033","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Security is fantastic, our focus is cricket now\u2019 De Kock"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"margin: 5px 5% 10px 5%\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/arysports.tv\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/De-Kock.jpg\" width=\"742\" height=\"486\" title=\"\" alt=\"\" \/><\/div>\n<div>\n<p><strong>Karachi: South African skipper Quinton De Kock said they have been provided top-level security and they feel safe and focused on cricket moving into the Test series, starting from January 26.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Speaking to reporters via virtual interaction, De Kock said there was a little hesitation before arriving here but after looking at foolproof security, their all focus has now shifted towards cricket.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;A little concern before arriving here. But, since we arrived, we are safe and feeling extremely overwhelmed to be here,&#8221; he said.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Our focus has now shifted to cricket completely. Pakistan is a good side and they will be tough to play against in their home conditions,&#8221; he added.<\/p>\n<p>De Kock talked about the return of Pakistan&#8217;s regular skipper after he missed a series in New Zealand following a thumb fracture. &#8220;Babar, recognized as one of the great cricketers currently, is back in their side. I mean it would be tough for us to play against them as I said earlier. We are looking forward to a tough practice session and plan things accordingly,&#8221; he said.<\/p>\n<p>To a query about missing Pakistani crowd due to the COVID-19 bubble, De Kock said it is unfortunate that Pakistanis will miss this occasion.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It is unfortunate that there will be no crowd. I hope things get better soon and we get to see the crowd in the stadium once again, cheering and enjoying cricket,&#8221; he concluded.<\/p>\n<h4><strong>Read:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/arysports.tv\/de-kock-excited-pakistan-tour-fears-bio-secure-bubble\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">De Kock excited for Pakistan tour but fears of bio-secure bubble<\/a><\/strong><\/h4>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\"><p>Karachi: South African skipper Quinton De Kock said they have been provided top-level security and they feel safe and focused on cricket moving into the <a class=\"mh-excerpt-more\" href=\"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=24033\" title=\"\u2018Security is fantastic, our focus is cricket now\u2019 De Kock\">[&#8230;]<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24033"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=24033"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24033\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":24035,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24033\/revisions\/24035"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=24033"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=24033"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=24033"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}