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Team captain Mohammad Rizwan has clarified when Pakistan was out of the semi -finals in the Champions Trophy. He has cited the two players of the team Sam Ayub and Fakhar Zaman not being in the team. Both could not play in the tournament due to injuries.
Ayub was eliminated due to an ankle injury before the tournament. Fakhar was injured in the first match against New Zealand.
Pakistan suffered a defeat to New Zealand in the first match of the league in the Champions Trophy and India in the second match. On Thursday, the last league match against Bangladesh was canceled due to rain.
Rizwan said in an interview to Broadcaster after the match was canceled with Bangladesh in Rawalpindi on Thursday that we are all very disappointed. We had expectations from the countrymen. We are accepting that we did not perform well. Hopefully we will work hard and return.
He further said that the balance of the team deteriorated due to the absence of Sam Ayub and Fakhar Zaman. Both players were doing well in Australia, South Africa and Zimbabwe for the past few months. The team was balanced. Suddenly both were injured, causing the team to face trouble.
Ayub was injured during the Test series on South Africa tour Sam Ayub was injured during the Test series on the tour of South Africa just before the Champions Trophy. His ankle was turned while stopping the ball in the second Test match. After this he started groaning with pain and then he was immediately taken out of the ground on the stretcher. While he was going out of the ground, he had tears in his eyes. After initial treatment, he was seen walking with the help of Baisakhi. He is undergoing treatment in England.
Fakhar Zaman was injured in the match against New Zealand Fakhar Zaman was injured during fielding in the initial match played against New Zealand in Karachi. His muscles were stretched. After which he was out of the tournament. Imam ul Haq was included in the team in his place.
Domestic tournament needs to improve to prepare backup Rizwan said that we need to improve the domestic tournament to prepare better backups.
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