New Zealand starter Will Young led Shaheen Afridi through the covers to overcome the painting, with Zaman starting in the search. He cut the ball to Babar Azam before palmar to throw the goalkeeper, but immediately seemed to feel discomfort in the lower back or side. He pointed out that he needed to be replaced, and left the field with the physio, although he walked without help to the costumes.
“Fakhar Zaman is being evaluated and examined for a muscular sprain and more updates will be provided in due time,” said the PCB in a statement shortly after.
Fakhar returned to the field after spending a little more than two hours outside him, which prevented him from opening the persecution of Pakistan of 321. Saud Shakeel opened with Babar Azar and Fakhar only reached the fall of Mohammed Rizwan in the tenth part. He had been deprived of any batting time with the restrictions of Philage in his place, when his reputation of blows of power could have been useful for Pakistan.
However, almost from the beginning, it was evident that I could not make such contribution. He was unstable on his feet and visibly fought for running among the WICKETS. On more than one occasion, he collapsed on his knees among the overs, with the team doctor and the physiics physio. While trying to play the attack blows, the situation of the party required with the application rate in constant lifting, was a kind of tortured blow. He fixed them 24 of 41 before trying to sweep Michael Bracewell, a shot that was deployed throughout the entries, only to get lost completely and see his shattered sticons.
Pakistan had been hindered by an injury in Saim Ayub in similar circumstances, one that finally kept him out of the champions trophy. In a test against South Africa, he left for a ball to the limit and ended up turning his ankle. It resulted in a fracture that will keep it out until at least in mid -March. Fakhar, who until then was not part of Pakistan’s Odi plans, returned to the side of Ayub and made an impressive return, scoring 84 of 69 and 41 of 28 in his first two games on the side.
The game marked the return of the cricket of the ICC tournament to Pakistan after 1996, with large crowds accumulated outside the National Stadium in Karachi in the hours before the beginning. The opening ceremony was attended by the president of Pakistan, Asif Ali Zardari, and had a parade of the Air Force after the launch, which Pakistan won and asked New Zealand to hit.
