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Following the facet’s exit from the marquee occasion, speculations about the way forward for Fakhar Zaman had been rife as some reviews acknowledged that the star batter sought to hold up his boots. Nevertheless, the 34-year-old disregarded talks of retirement as baseless rumours and vowed to…Learn Extra
Pakistan’s Fakhar Zaman performs a shot through the ICC Champions Trophy cricket match between Pakistan and New Zealand, in Karachi, Pakistan Wednesday, Feb. 19, 2025. (AP Photograph/Anjum Naveed)
Defending champions Pakistan crashed out of the ICC Champions Trophy 2025 at dwelling as they fell to 2 successive defeats by the hands of New Zealand and India, respectively, to exit the ICC occasion held on dwelling soil after a three-decade wait.
Following the facet’s exit from the marquee occasion, speculations about the way forward for Fakhar Zaman had been rife as some reviews acknowledged that the star batter sought to hold up his boots. Nevertheless, the 34-year-old disregarded talks of retirement as baseless rumours and vowed to attempt to make the minimize throughout codecs.
“Effectively, I’ve additionally heard so much about this, and my mates have additionally despatched messages. There isn’t any fact on this,” he stated.
“One-day is my favorite format and, sure, due to my thyroid downside, I used to be pondering of taking a while off from cricket,” he added.
“However retirement by no means crossed my thoughts. I need to play One-day, T20, even I need to play Check cricket,” the southpaw reiterated.
Pakistan’s event was off to an ominous begin as Zaman sustained a decrease again damage whereas fielding in opposition to NZ within the opener and needed to take care of the difficulties that adopted on account of the identical.
“So far as my comeback from damage is worried, I’ll hopefully return to aggressive cricket in a month. I received an concept about my Champions Trophy marketing campaign ending after the ache I felt,” he stated.
Pakistan missed the presence of the left-handed batter up the order and he echoed the identical sentiment as he acknowledged,”Had I opened then issues might have been totally different as a result of whenever you get a giant goal, then the opener has a giant position to play.”
“Within the final one week, I’ve seen a marked enchancment in my therapeutic. The physician has stated that I can begin coaching after three weeks, so I must be again in a single month.”
Zaman voiced that regardless of limited-overs cricket being his most well-liked format, he would additionally prefer to characteristic within the red-ball model of the sport.
“I nonetheless need to play Exams, however the coaches and captain have their very own planning,g and I additionally really feel that there are higher Check gamers in Pakistan,” the 34-year-old stated.
“I wish to open on comeback, nevertheless it’s as much as them the place they need to maintain me,” he concluded.