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Fakhar Zaman is hurt during fielding.
Pakistan cricket team opener Fakhar Zaman has been dropped from the third T20 and the upcoming three-match ODI series against the West Indies.
The decision was taken due to injury to his left hamstring (thigh muscle) during the second T20 match played in Loderhill. Khushdil Shah has been included in the playing XI for the third T20 match in his place.
How did the injury? Fakhar Zaman was hit during fielding in 19 overs of the West Indies innings. After this, the team’s medical staff investigated and confirmed a slight stretch in their left hamstings.
Fakhar will return to Pakistan, rehabilitation will be held in Lahore The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) said that Fakhar will return to Pakistan on August 4, ie third and decisive T20 match on the next day of the T20 match. After this, his rehabilitation process will be under the supervision of PCB’s medical team at the National Cricket Academy (NCA) in Lahore.
PCB has not yet clarified whether any other player will be included in the team instead of Fakhar for the ODI series.
Pakistan won the first match of the T20 series against the West Indies.
Fakhar Zaman performs in the series 35-year-old Fakhar started in the first two T20 matches, but he could not convert it into a big innings. He scored 28 in the first match and 20 runs in the second match.
Injuries have been hurt before Fakhar had to face a similar injury in the first match of the Champions Trophy earlier this year. At that time, he was injured while chasing the cover drive and was out of the tournament the next day.
At that time Fakhar was included in the team in place of Sam Ayub, who was injured during fielding in South Africa six weeks ago and stayed out of the ground for three months.
T20 series 1-1 equal The T20 series played in Florida is currently 1-1. After this, three ODI matches will be played in Trinidad.
The second T20 match was won by the West Indies by defeating Pakistan.
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