New Delhi:
Nobody thought that Pakistan would face a 60 -run defeat in the opening match of the Champions Trophy (Champions Trophy 2025), which started on Wednesday. But Pakistan got such a defeat, which its captain himself did not even expect. Rizwan said after the match was over, ‘New Zealand scored a good score. We were expecting that they would be able to score runs around 260. We tried to do our best and used all our strategies, but they made a good score while batting well “,

Pakistan captain said, “We had seen the pitch well. Initially the pitch was not easy to bat, but when Will Young and Latham batted, the pitch was easy by the then we made mistakes like Lahore. Kiwi was successful to make a huge score, taking advantage of this.

On the injury of Fakhar Zaman, Rizwan said, “I am not completely convinced. His injury has not been reported yet. He has some pain. In response to a question, Pak wicketkeeper said,” We lost the rhythm twice. Once in the death overs during bowling, while the second time during power-play. Obviously, the result of the match is very disappointing for us. We played like a normal match. Now this match is a matter of history and we can do better further.