Fans erupt as the opener of Team Pakistan, Fakhar Zaman, gets dropped for the PAK vs. SL World Cup 2023 match
The opener of Pakistan cricket team Fakhar Zaman was dropped from the match against Sri Lanka in the 2023 World Cup at the Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium in Hyderabad on Tuesday, October 10. Abdullah Shafique replaced him in the playing XI.
At the toss, the captain of the Pakistan cricket team, Babar Azam, said, "We aren't up to the mark at the top, and we made one change. Abdullah Shafique comes in for Fakhar."
The development comes after Zaman's struggle in ODIs over the last few matches. The left-handed batsman failed to score a half-century in the 50-over format in his last 11 innings, scoring 202 runs at an average of 18.36, with the highest score of 33. The 33-year-old, though, had scored 454 runs in his first five innings of 2023, including three tons and one half-century, with the best score of 180*.
On the other hand, Shafique recently smashed a half-century against Lanka in his last outing during the 2023 Asia Cup.
After Fakhar Zaman got dropped from Pakistan's XI, fans on Twitter came up with mixed reactions. One user wrote, “So Fakhar Zaman is officially out of the India game as well." Another fan wrote, “Thank God that fraud Fakhar Zaman is out.”