He struggled visibly with the damage under a 41-ball 24 when Pakistan crashed to a 60-race defeat. Fakhar was confused in the dressing room after the dismissal, and given the uncertainty about his arrival to the side, and that he turns 35 in April, the fact that it could have been his last game for Pakistan was not lost.

But when he talked to PCB Digital, Fakhar confirmed he is not going anywhere. “I heard about this [retirement rumours] A lot and even my friends sent me message about it, but there is nothing about it, “said Fakhar.” The ODD format is my favorite format. Yes with my thyroid, there was one thing that I could take more time to get back into it. But I want to play T20s, ODDs, even test again. As far as my comeback is concerned, I talked to the doctor and I can start playing cricket again within the month. “

Fakhar had not played the International Cricket since the World Cup in 2024 T20 last June in the US and the West Indies, where Pakistan was removed in the group play. He last played an ODDI in the 2023 ODI -World Championship, another event where Pakistan went out before the knockout stages.

During this tournament, however, he had been omitted by Pakistan’s central contracts. And he had also received a message about the show reason after a tweet he set out last September last year, criticizing the decision to drop Babar Azam from the test page. Later, when President Mohsin Naqvi arranged a “connecting camp” to get senior players to send out their views, Fakhar was among the most obvious, appointed a senior official for particularly trench criticism.

It seems to be in the past for now, with Fakhar, committing to a return with Pakistan. “The doctor has advised me that I can start training again in three weeks. So I think I should be back to play cricket in a month’s time.”

Pakistan had already lost Saim Ayub to an injury before the tournament, and the subsequent loss of Fakhar was a double WHammy that Coach Aaqib Javed identified as one of the main reasons for their bad view. Fakhar has a career strike of almost 94 in ODIs and was aware of the way to play in the modern game.

“The biggest thing is the situation. If you are chasing 150-200 runs, you go in with another mindset and if you hunt 350 you have a different mindset. But strike frequency matters, especially these days. And you have to To play risky cricket. that do it. ”