IMAGE: Pakistan captain Babar Azam and his mother perform the Haj at Mecca. Photograph: Kind courtesy Babar Azam/Twitter
Babar Azam is performing the Haj this year.
Also on the Haj is Pakistan wicket-keeper batter Mohammed Rizwan.
'Apni Jannat k saath khudaye buzrugo bartar Ki baargah me haazri. #Hajj', Pakistan Captain Babar posted alongside a photograph with his mother.
IMAGE: Babar Azam, Mohammad Rizwan and a friend. Photograph: Kind courtesy Babar Azam/Twitter
Babar also posted a picture alongside Rizwan, who is performing the Haj with his mother and wife.
After the Haj, Babar and Rizwan wil join the Pakistan team as they prepare for their tour of Sri Lanka.
Earlier this year, Babar, Haris Rauf, Faheem Ashraf and Iftikhar Ahmed performed the Umrah during Ramzan.
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