The pakistan cricket team has been fined in the 2025 Champions Trophy series. The international Cricket Council has imposed a fine for a mistake made by the pakistan team. Already, one of the leading batsmen of the pakistan team has been removed from the series due to injury. pakistan continues to take a beating. The 2025 Champions Trophy series started on february 19. The pakistan team played against new zealand in the first match. In this match, the match referee fined pakistan 5 percent as the pakistan team did not complete the overs within the stipulated time. Five percent of the salary of all Pakistani cricketers will be deducted. Batting first, the new zealand team scored 320 runs in 50 overs.
The new zealand team played aggressively and the Pakistani players were unable to control them and consulted from time to time. This caused a delay in bowling the overs. The target for pakistan was set at 321 runs. pakistan then batted at a snail's pace and scored only 260 runs. new zealand won by 60 runs. pakistan lost this match and is at the bottom of the Group A points table. The fine has now become an additional setback for Pakistan. pakistan will next play against India. The match will be held in dubai on february 23. Only if they win that match will pakistan have a chance to advance to the semi-finals. The new zealand team played aggressively and the Pakistani players were unable to control them. Due to this, the pace of the game slowed down. pakistan took too long to bowl. This delay was the main reason for the fine. The defeat and the fine are a big setback for Pakistan. Moreover, Pakistan's opener Fakhar Zaman is injured. He has been ruled out of the Champions Trophy series. Imam ali has been selected to replace him.
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