Host Pakistan did not have a good debut in the Champions Trophy 2025. In the opening match of the tournament, his team lost by a big margin of 60 runs against New Zealand. At the same time, in this match, Pakistan has also suffered a setback of the defeat of Fakhar Zaman. Due to this injury, Fakhar Zaman is now out of the tournament. According to media reports, he will not be able to play in the match against India on Sunday, 23 February due to pain in Fakhar’s chest muscles. Imam-ul-Haq can be included in the squad as their replacement.
A clash between India-Bangladesh has started at the International Cricket Stadium in Dubai. Where the pair of Tanjid Hasan and Soumya Sarkar have come to bat first from Bangladesh. At the same time, Mohammed Shami is starting bowling for India.
Let me tell you that Fakhar Zaman was hurt while fielding in the opening match against New Zealand. He was not seen fielding for a long time after being injured, however, he did batting chasing a target of 321 runs. Fakhar had scored 24 off 41 balls against New Zealand.
This double shock for the Pakistan team is also because the team is already missing its star opener Sam Ayub due to injury. Now the difficulty of the team has increased due to Fakhar being out.
Currently, Pakistan is the defending champion of the Champions Trophy. The team won this title by defeating India in 2017. In the final match, Pakistan’s victory was the hero Fakhar Zaman who scored a bang of 114 runs in 106 balls. On the basis of his innings, Pakistan scored 338 runs in 50 overs at the loss of four wickets.
