Hasan Ali performs his signature celebration at the Wagah border

The Pakistan cricket team is preparing for their tour to the United Kingdom where they will play a Test series against Ireland and then England. While the players are at the training camp at the Gaddafi Stadium in Lahore, Pakistani pacer Hasan Ali made his way to the Wagah border.

Wagah is a village on the India-Pakistan border. The two countries have a gate on the Wagah border which is used as a terminal for goods trade. It is between Amritsar on the Indian side and Lahore on the Pakistani side. The place is famous for the retreat ceremony that is held every evening on both sides. And Hasan Ali visited the place to witness the same.

He was involved in it and probably on encouragement from the fans and officials present there he walked the path where the soldiers parade, he went very close to the gate and then performed his bomb blast celebration. The pacer is popular for the way he celebrates a wicket as he tries to replicate the bomb blast effect.

The Indian Border Security Force and the Pakistan Rangers who guard their respective territories take the flags down on either side and close the gate with a parade and following the retreat ceremony.

Thousands gather on both the Indian and Pakistani area of the Wagah border to witness this every evening. It is a symbolic tradition and the people as well as the forces take a lot of pride in performing the same.

Pakistan camp

As Pakistan prepare for the overseas Test series’ national team skipper Sarfraz Ahmed has introduced a new discipline. During one of the practice sessions it was seen that the senior members of the team as well as the juniors cleaned up behind themselves after finishing the training. It is very common that the newbies in the team pick up the water bottles left behind and dispose them and Sarfraz has done away with the tradition.

Watch the video here:

..@RealHa55an does his signature celebration move in front of Indian soldiers at Wahga Border pic.twitter.com/cN832ldHBd

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