New Delhi. The new season of Asia Cup has started. In the first match, Pakistan and Nepal face each other. Babar Azam won the toss and decided to bat in the match. However, the team did not start well. The opener batsman Fakhar Zaman was dismissed for 14 and Imam-ul-Haq for 5 runs. Fakhar, the only batsman to score a double century for Pakistan in ODI cricket, has been unable to do wonders in ODIs for the last 4 months. Talking about 7 innings, he could not touch the figure of 35 runs in any of those innings. In such a situation, he will want to play a big innings in the match between India and Pakistan on 2nd September. On the other hand, the Indian bowlers will be aiming for revenge against Fakhar.
The 33-year-old left-handed batsman Fakhar Zaman got off to a good start against Nepal. He hit a four off the first ball of the innings. But they could not take it further. Fakhar scored 14 off 20 balls and was caught behind the wicket by fast bowler Karan KC. Hit 3 fours. After this, Imam ul Haq was also dismissed for 5 runs. Nepal captain Rohit Paudel sent him to the pavilion on a direct throw.
Also failed against Afghanistan
Before the Asia Cup, Pakistan played a 3-match ODI series with Afghanistan and swept it 3-0. With this, the team also became the No. 1 ODI team, but Fakhar Zaman could not do wonders in the series. He scored 2, 30 and 27 runs in 3 innings. Fakhar Zaman’s performance has been good against Team India. In the 2017 Champions Trophy final, he played a blistering innings of 114 runs. This was only the fourth match of his ODI career. Based on Fakhar’s century, Pakistan won the match by a huge margin of 180 runs. In such a situation now the Indian bowlers will want to take revenge from Fakhar. Fakhar has scored 19, 14, 33, 2, 30, 27 and 14 runs in his last 7 ODI innings since May. That is 139 runs at an average of 20.
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As for Fakhar Zaman’s overall ODI career, he has scored 3221 runs in 74 innings from 74 matches at an average of 47. He has scored 10 centuries and 15 fifties. 210 runs not out is the best performance. The strike rate is 93. Apart from this, he also hit 56 sixes.
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First published: August 30, 2023, 16:38 IST