Pakistan was given a major injuries on Wednesday during the opening match of Champions Trophy 2025. The star seizure on the Fakhar Zaman side injured himself as he tried to place a ball at the second delivery of the game. Zaman was taken off the ground when he looked uncomfortably. He was replaced by Kamran Ghulam on the field. Zaman returned to action prior to the 14th, but he was taken off the ground again. “Fakhar Zaman is assessed and investigated for a muscular sprain and further updates will be provided in due course,” PCB inquired.
Spoken in detail about the injury, new -Zeeland opener Will Young had driven Shaheen Afridi through the covers, so Zaman sprinted after the ball. While he succeeded in passing it to Babar Azam, the left -handed immediately signaled discomfort and ran next to the team physio of the field.
His exit cast an early shadow on the Pakistan campaign. Saim Ayub had had a single -self -fracture while chasing a ball in a test against South Africa, from the Champions -Trophy pronunciation and Pakistan forced Zaman to remember in their ODI setup.
Despite the anxiety injury, Pakistan had a boost for the match with Fast Bowler Haris Rauf who was suitable for playing. Rauf, who had stopped with a side voltage during a recent triangular series, was a welcome addition to the attack.
However, New Zealand had their fitness problems, with all-rounder Rachin Ravindra missing it. The young person was forced out of the field after he had been beaten in the forehead while he tried a catch in the 38th match against Pakistan in the ODI Tri series last week.
Although trained yesterday and did not show any signs of delayed concussion, the blackcaps chose to keep him on the sidelines for this fixture.
The game also meant a historical opportunity, when Cricket Cricket returned to Pakistan for the ICC tournament for the first time since 1996. Previously, Pakistan won the Worp and chosen for the first time against New Zealand.
Speaking about the opening game of Champions Trophy 2025, Pakistan skipper Mohammed Rizwan won the throw and chose to first bowl in Karachi.
Here are playing XIS –
Fakhar Zaman, Babar Azam, Saud Shakeel, Mohammad Rizwan (C & WK), Salman Agha, Tayyab Tahir, Khushdil Shah, Shaheen Afridi, Naseem Shah, Haris Rauf, Abrar Ahmed
Devon Conway, Will Young, Kane Williamson, Daryl Mitchell, Tom Latham (WK), Glenn Phillips, Michael Bracewell, Mitchell Santner (C), Nathan Smith, Matt Henry, William Orourke
(With Ians -inputs)
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