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Pakistan’s Mohammad Rizwan and Shaheen Shah Afridi have been at loggerheads throughout their conflict towards New Zealand within the ICC Champions Trophy.
ICC Champions Trophy 2025, Pakistan vs New Zealand: Mohammad Rizwan and Shaheen Afridi arguing on the sector (X/Screengrab)
Pakistan captain Mohammad Rizwan and star bowler Shaheen Shah Afridi have been seen at loggerheads throughout their conflict towards New Zealand within the ICC Champions Trophy 2025 opener on the Nationwide Stadium in Karachi. The hosts misplaced the sport by 60 runs on Wednesday.
The incident happepend on the primary ball of the forty seventh over in the course of the first innings as Afridi the bought well-settled Tom Latham to edge the ball because it went dangerously for a boundary. The Pakistan skipper didn’t appear comfortable together with his bowler and ws seen shouting at him however Afridi didn’t take the abuse and retaliated with a number of selection phrases of his personal.
Simon Doull, on commentary additionally weighed in on the tiff, saying: “I’m sorry, however you can’t be having a go on the bowler there. It was a genuinely good supply.”
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Latham had reached 99 with that boundary and shortly coverted his begin to an excellent hundred. He together with Will Younger revived the innings from 73-3 with a 118-run fourth wicket stand, serving to their crew overcome the early lack of Devon Conway (10), Kane Williamson (1) and Daryl Mitchell (10).
Younger hit 12 boundaries and a six in his fourth one-day worldwide century earlier than holing out to Naseem Shah within the thirty eighth over.
Latham and Glenn Phillips, who made an aggressive 39-ball 61, gave the innings extra impetus as New Zealand smashed 113 within the final 10 overs and 64 within the final 5.
Latham hit 10 boundaries and three sixes in his eighth one-day hundred whereas Phillips’s strong knock had 4 sixes and three boundaries.
Quick bowler Naseem was the perfect Pakistan bowler with 2-63 however fellow pacer Haris Rauf completed with 2-83 and Shaheen Afridi conceded 68 in 10 wicket-less overs.
Pakistan have been dismissed for 260 in 47.2 overs in reply to New Zealand’s 320-5 in 50 overs.
Pakistan have been by no means within the chase regardless of Khushdil Shah top-scoring with a fiery 49-ball 69, together with 10 boundaries and a six, whereas Babar Azam scored a extra sedate 64 from 90 balls that had a six and 6 boundaries.
Salman Agha cracked a fast 42 spiced with a six and 6 boundaries however none might go on and match Latham and Younger’s knocks.
Quick bowler Will O’Rourke completed with 3-47 whereas skipper Mitchell Santner took 3-66
(With inputs from Companies)
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Karachi, Pakistan