After a long wait, Pakistan's cricket fans got a chance to celebrate happiness because after about 29 years an ICC tournament started in Pakistan. The Champions Trophy 2025 started in Pakistan from Wednesday 19 February. The tournament started with a collision between hosts Pakistan and New Zealand at the famous National Stadium in Karachi, but on the first day of the tournament, the happiness of the whole of Pakistan seems to be happening. The reason for this is that the decision of Pakistan, which has put the future in the entire tournament in the circle of questions.

Fakhar's injury gave tension

In the first match of the tournament in Karachi, the Pakistani team started with bowling.

But while fielding on the second ball of the match, the team's star opener Fakhar Zaman was injured. He suffered an injury to his leg in an attempt to stop the ball and immediately had to go out of the field. Fakhar sat in the dressing room for a long time and then returned for some time at the end of the innings. It had raised hopes to the fans that they were fine and would get down for batting and play a strong innings, but what was seen during the batting broke Pakistan's expectations.

Fakhar could not descend for opening due to long -time stay during fielding. In such a situation, the team sent two other batsmen first to protect them. Opener Saud Shakeel and Captain Mohammad Rizwan returned to the early time and at such a time Fakhar landed for batting. Fakhar started trying to play big shots as soon as he arrived. When it came to run for the run, it became difficult for Fakhar and it was here that the difficulties of the Pakistani team started increasing.

Batting done despite injury

During the entire innings, Fakhar looked upset due to his injury and struggled to run.

His innings ended with a score of 24 runs, for which he played 41 balls. But it raised serious questions on the Pakistani team management as they had got a target of 321 runs from New Zealand and in response the team was very slow. She could only score 22 runs in the first 10 overs. Fakhar was sent after the second wicket fell in the 10th over. But was the kind of fitness of Fakhar, was it the right decision to be sent?

Due to Fakhar being at the crease, the Pakistani team could not get many runs because he and Babar Azam were unable to take two runs fast.

In such a situation, the backward -looking Pakistani team got stuck in more difficulty due to the already slow start. Fakhar definitely had a few boundary but it was not enough for Pakistan. If the Pakistani team had sent a fit batsman first, it would have been easy for him to get runs. After Fakhar's dismissal, the vice-captain Salman Ali Aga, who came to the crease, scored 41 runs in just 28 balls. In such a situation, if she were at the crease, the Pakistani team could have increased the run rate.

This decision should not be made heavy anywhere!

With this one decision, the hopes of reaching the semi -finals of the Champions Trophy for the Pakistani team are blurred.

In fact, this one decision not only missed the opportunity to win this match, but also took a big bet on Fakhar Jaman's fitness. Now if Fakhar Zaman's injury is more serious, then he can also be out of the match against India and if this happens, the Pakistani batting will break the back because Fakhar is the only specialist opener in this team. If this happens, the possibility of Pakistan being out of the tournament will increase.