Former Spinner Harbhajan Singh has warned the Indian team to be careful with Fakhar Zaman in the coming match against Pakistan in the Champions Trophy. India and Pakistan will add another chapter to their famous cricketrivality in Dubai on 23 February. Prior to the long -awaited encounter, Harbhajan warned the side led by Rohit Sharma to be wary of Fakhar, who has the experience to take the game away from the game away India. “Fakhar has that experience and he can take the game away from India,” said Harbhajan on his YouTube channel.
The Southpaw has an impressive record against the men in blue in the ODIs. With its explosive approach, Fakhar has collected 234 runs in six games, on average 46.80 with a blistering pattering speed of 82.39.
In the Champions Trophy, India and Pakistan fought for the last time in the final of the 2017 edition in The Oval. Fakhar proved the difference between the two sides when the bet was high.
After he was broken on a quiet surface, Fakhar supplied a Swashbuckling 114 of 106 deliveries to lift Pakistan to a Herculean score of 338/4. In response, the batters of India crumbled in the pursuit of the increasing target and succumbed to an 180-run defeat.
The title defender, Pakistan, have a lead over India in the Champions trophy and win three compared to the two of India of their five games in the tournament.
During the structure of the Champions trophy, India will enter the tournament with a burning form. Days before the Champions-Trophy wipe the ODI series led by Rohit Sharma with a 3-0 win over England.
On the other hand, Pakistan has been taken for consistency, shape and rhythm. On their home grass, the men in Green lost the ODI Tri-Nation series between South Africa and New Zealand.
The hosts completely lost the first match against the kiwis, but found their rhythm by haunting a record 353-run target against South Africa in Karachi.
In the final, Nieuw -Zeeland eliminated the men in Green without sweating, to set up their supremacy before they played the tournament opener against Pakistan on Wednesday. Before on Thursday in the controversial match against Pakistan, India will start his campaign against Bangladesh in Dubai on Thursday.
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