Fakhar Zaman: Fakhar Zaman was banned for 20 minutes, action was taken because of this rule

Fakhar Zaman is the explosive opener of Pakistan cricket team but he did not come to open the innings against New Zealand in the first match of Champions Trophy. The big thing is that he was not sent to bat even at number 3. Fans were shocked to see this but we will tell you why this happened? Actually, Fakhar Zaman was banned for 20 minutes due to which he could not open and bat at number three. Fakhar Zaman got injured on the second ball of the match and had to leave the field. He returned to the field fit after a long time. According to ICC rules, he had to bear its side-effects.

20 minutes ban imposed on Fakhar Zaman

Fakhar Zaman was not sent to bat for 20 minutes due to an ICC rule. According to the rule, if a player stays out of the field for more than the stipulated time during fielding, then he has to stay out of the field for some time during batting as well. Under this rule, Fakhar Zaman had to sit out for 20 minutes during Pakistan's batting. This is the reason why Pakistan had to send Saud Shakeel and Babar Azam to open.

Its biggest side-effect was that Saud Shakeel got out after scoring 6 runs. This player could not stay at the crease even for 20 minutes and the result was that Mohammad Rizwan had to come to bat at number three. Rizwan's bat also did not work and this player could score only 3 runs in 14 balls. Rizwan and Babar did not score any runs together and Pakistan's team could score only 22 runs in the first 10 overs. These two batsmen added only 14 runs in 38 balls, which put Pakistan under more pressure.