Fakhar Zaman is an explosive opener of the Pakistan cricket team but he did not come to open against New Zealand in the first match of the Champions Trophy. The big thing is that he was not sent to bat at number 3. Fans were surprised to see this, but we tell you why this happened? Actually, Fakhar Zaman was put on a 20 -minute 'ban' due to which he could not get down in the opening and number three. Fakhar Zaman was injured on the second ball of the match and had to go out of the field. He returned after a long time fit on the field. According to the ICC rule, he had to face its side-effects.

Fakhar Jaman took a 20 -minute 'ban'

Fakhar Zaman was not sent to bat for 20 minutes due to a rule of ICC. According to the rule, if a player stays out of the field more than the scheduled time during fielding, then he has to stay out of the field for some time even during batting. Under this rule, Fakhar Jaman had to sit out for 20 minutes during Pakistan's batting. This is the reason why Pakistan had to send Saud Shakeel and Babar Azam on the opening.

Drama in Karachi!

Saud Shakeel Falls Early, but fakhar zaman has to wait a minute before walking out.

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Saud Shakeel is out

Its big side-effect Ye Hua Hua Saud Shakeel was dismissed for 6 runs. This player could not stand at the crease even for 20 minutes and the result was that Mohammad Rizwan had to come at number three for batting. Rizwan also did not bat and this player could score only 3 runs in 14 balls. Rizwan and Babur did not score runs together and in the first 10 overs, Pakistan's team could score only 22 runs.

Both these batsmen added only 14 runs in 38 balls, which brought Pakistan under more pressure.

Both these batsmen added only 14 runs in 38 balls, which brought Pakistan under more pressure.