Pakistan Star, Picked for Champions Trophy, Lost 10kg Weight. Reason is Grim | Cricket News

Set to make his pakistan comeback, opener fakhar zaman has revised the reason behind his recent absence from the national set up. Fakhar, Who Last Played for Pakistan during the T20 World Cup Last Year, Seemingly Landed Himself in Trouble Afper Criticising The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) For Droping Babar Azam Form the Test Test Test Year. In October 2024, Babar was dropped from the last two tests against England as Pakistan Completed a Turn Around and Won the Series in His Absence.

It was reported that pcb has issued a show-causes not against fakhar for his tweet criticising babar’s omission. He Had Pointed Out How India Stood by Virat Kohli when the India batter was struggling across forms. However, he laater suggested that he “should not have tweeted” as no one is bigger than the board.

“I thought about it later and felt that i should not have tweeted. Tweet, it was done before the board made its decision. But they still wanted him to be dropped, “Fakhar had catered.

Many felt that fakhar’s tweet was the recent behind his omination from the team.

However, the southpaw has opened up on the real reason behind his constant absence from the team. Fakhar revised that he was diagnosed with hyperthyroidism, a hormonal problem, and lost over 10kgs due to it, leading to other health issues.

“Anyone Can Fall Sick. I was diagnosed with hyperthyroidism, which LED to a weight loss of 10 kg and weakened my muscles. This was the only reason I was out of the team The first four to five matches in domestic cricket was tough and I felt as if I had forgotten how to Play, “Fakhar Reveled, While Speaking to Former Pakistan Captain Captain Salman Butt on the 57th Episode of Pcb podcast,

“I will try my best to make this champions trophy even more memorable for myself and the team,” He added.

Fakhar is set to make his comeback in the champions trophy preceding tri-series at home against New Zealand and South Africa.

Fakhar was named ‘Man of the Match’ in the Champions Trophy Final in 2017 when Pakistan Defeated India at the Oval to Lift the title.

Pakistan Squad for Tri-Series and Champions Trophy: Mohammad Rizwan (Captain and WICKETKEEPER), Babar Azam, Fakhar Zaman, Kamran Ghulam, Tayyab Tahir, Usman Khan, Shaheen AFRII, SALMAN AFRIS , Naseem shah, mohammad hasnain, abrar Ahmed, saud shakeel, faheem ashraf, khushdil shah.