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Pakistan's Fakhar Zaman celebrates after scoring a century (100 runs) during the first ODI between Pakistan and New Zealand at the Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium in Rawalpindi, on April 27, 2023. — AFP
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Islamabad: Fakhar Zaman traveled to the ICC Champions Trophy 2017 without offering a ODI in his name. When he returned to Pakistan as a match winner in the final, people were taking pictures with him only hundreds of kilometers.
The left -handed batter will return to the Pakistan team on the homeland of the house, when the match will return to the match between Pakistan and New Zealand, seeking to regenerate the Herox eight years ago.
In this tournament, he started with the team, started a day and established the foundation for the final victory on India on the biggest day in the history of Pakistani cricketing. Nevertheless, when she returned home, she was reacted. He reminded, “It was special in Pakistan.
“I didn’t expect any like this and I never saw that in my entire life. People were waiting for us. I was alone on a Peshawar flight, most of the boys were flying for Lahore or Karachi. Thousands of people were waiting at the base.
“Then there people were waiting on the streets and on the streets. When I reached my hometown, the whole street was full of people. In our villages, we have a guest house and the whole guest house was full of people.
“For several weeks, people living about 500 500 km will come to take the picture. It was incredible and it was something special. As we felt people at the moment, I wish I wanted more things like this. Could
Fakhar did not present this at the first meeting between Pakistan and India, which India won by 124 runs, but was started in the second match against South Africa. He scored only 23 runs in the game when Pakistan survived the tournament with a 19 -run victory in Aggsbeston, a knock that is still included in his favorite.
He said: “I thought I would go to the game and play positive cricket and if anything went wrong, I would watch the next game against Sri Lanka. If I changed, I scored 31 runs. Still is one of my favorite innings in my ODI career.
“I didn’t feel much pressure in the South African game. I felt more pressure in the Sri Lanka game. The first was my first game and I didn’t know what to expect. Many things were going on my head, But I didn’t feel that much pressure.
“There was a more pressure game through the game as we continued to develop.” When proudly went to the tournament with limited expectations, the Pakistan administration and senior players never lacked confidence. And when he defeated Sri Lanka by three wickets to reach the semi -finals, the belief began to filter the rest of the team that he was fully capable of going.
In the semifinals, hosts against England, Pakistan’s bowlers were brilliant in Cardiff. It established a final confrontation with India, a dream match for fans, but a meeting with which he was almost. Lost
“The same thing happened in this game, I came out of the nun ball. Kumar Dharmasina was the third umpire and I was going out. From the limit, he said, ‘Wait there’. I was half way and when I saw it. So I was 100 % convinced that this is not my day. “
It certainly came out like this, with the Fakhar Player of the Match Honors, when Pakistan won by 180 runs, Mohammad Amir suffered a loss with the ball when he torn a dangerous Indian top order.
He concluded: “There are many memories. The best memory for me as the team was jailed, Shadab, Fahim (Ashraf), to become a friend of Hassan Ali, we were really closer.
