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Pakistan skipper Mohammad Rizwan in motion© AFP
Pakistan received off to a forgettable begin of their Champions Trophy 2025 marketing campaign as they misplaced in opposition to New Zealand by 60 runs. Opting to bowl first, Pakistan gave away 320 runs after Will Younger and Tom Latham smashed centuries. Later, the hosts received bundled out for 260 as their batters utterly did not put up a robust struggle in opposition to the Kiwis. For New Zealand, skipper Mitchell Santner and William O’Rourke scalped three wickets every. After this loss, former Pakistan wicketkeeper Kamran Akmal slammed Mohammad Rizwan and co for his or her poor efficiency.
“Zimbabwe aur Ireland ki series ho rahi hai, udhar jaayein. Wahan jaake khelein aur agar hum udhar jeette hain toh hum deserve karte hain (Champions Trophy). Humari iss tarah ki cricket ho rahi hai. Itni neeche gir gayi hai humari cricket pichle 6-7 saal mein. (There’s a series going on between Zimbabwe and Ireland. Go there and play with them. And if you win against them, then only you deserve to play the Champions Trophy. This is condition of Pakistan cricket. Our cricket standards have fallen drastically in the last 6-7 years.)” stated Kamran.
In the course of the Champions Trophy opener, New Zealand had been struggling at 73/3 however centuries from Will Younger and Tom Latham helped them attain 320/5 in 50 overs. Kamran went on to reward New Zealand for his or her mature model of cricket.
“They (New Zealand) were three wickets down in the early stages of the match. Look at their maturity that they took time, rotated the strike and started firing only after getting the full control. This is what a mature team does. They always come with a backup plan. Their batter Rachin Ravindra got injured and even his replacement (Will Young) scored a century,” stated Kamran.
After the match, Pakistan skipper Mohammad Rizwan admitted that the group made errors in opposition to the Kiwis.
“They made a good target, we didn’t expect that. We were looking at something around 260. We tried our best and used all tactics, but they played well and put up a good target. We see the pitch conditions, earlier the pitch wasn’t easy to bat but when Will Young and Latham got together batted it got easier. At the end, we made the same mistake like we did in Lahore and they made a good target,” stated Rizwan through the put up match presentation.
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