Pakistan Cricket Board has recently made two big announcements. PCB has included 25 players in the new central contract. At the same time, squads have also been selected for the tour of Australia and Zimbabwe. Meanwhile, a senior player from Pakistan team has suffered a big shock. This player has been shown the way out of the central contract and has also been dropped from the team. This player had recently raised his voice against the Pakistan Cricket Board, now he has to suffer the consequences.
Double blow on senior Pakistani player
Pakistan’s left-handed batsman Fakhar Zaman has received a big shock from the Pakistan Cricket Board. PCB has not given place to Fakhar Zaman in the new central contract. He was included in B category till the last central contract, but this time he has been shown the direct exit. Along with this, Fakhar Zaman has also missed his place in the Pakistan team. Fakhar Zaman has not been included in the squad for the Australia tour as well as the Zimbabwe tour. Let us tell you, Fakhar is considered one of the important players of the ODI team.
This mistake cost Fakhar Zaman dearly
Pakistan team recently played a test series against England at home. Pakistan team had to face defeat in the first match of this series. After this, the selectors of Pakistan cricket took a big decision and decided to remove a star player like Babar Azam from the squad. Fakhar Zaman had raised his voice against this decision. After which news came out that Pakistan Cricket Board is angry with Fakhar. Apart from this, a show cause notice was also sent to him.
Fakhar Zaman had made a post on social media on Babar being dropped from the team. He had written, the opinion of dropping Babar Azam from the team is quite worrying. India never dropped Virat Kohli in bad times. Between 2020 and 2023, Virat Kohli’s average was 19.33, 28.21 and 26.50. If we are thinking of leaving out our best batsman, it will send a wrong message to the team. This can be stopped by pressing the panic button. We should save our big players.
Fakhar Zaman’s career
Fakhar Zaman has so far played 3 Tests, 82 ODIs and 92 T20 matches for Pakistan team. He has scored 192 runs in Test, 3492 runs in ODI and 1848 runs in T20. He also has 11 centuries in his name in ODI. He has also achieved the feat of scoring a double century in ODIs.