Fakhar Zaman considering international retirement? Batter angry at PCB for poor treatment

Pakistan opener Fakhar Zaman is reportedly disappointed after being left out of the team's squads for the tour of South Africa. Zaman is believed to be contemplating his international future now as he is unhappy with the treatment of the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB).

Recently, the PCB announced Pakistan's squads for the South Africa tour. While Zaman was not a part of Pakistan's Test squad, he used to be an integral part of the side's ODI and T20I squads in the top order.

He used to open the batting in ODIs and batted in the middle order in T20I format. However, he wasn't named in any of the squads resulting in disappointment for the opener. Pakistan have instead picked the young opener Saim Ayub as the aggressive option for both the white-ball formats.

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Fakhar Zaman disappointed after being omitted from Pakistan's squads for South Africa tour

According to some reliable sources of Cricket Pakistan, Fakhar Zaman is disheartened after being left out of Pakistan's squads for the South Africa tour. Zaman is clearly not happy with the way his case has been handled by the Pakistan Cricket Board.

This has made him reconsider his career path in international cricket. However, despite the things not in his favor, Zaman is confident of making it back into Pakistan's team and will be giving it his all.

He will take part in the upcoming Champions Cup T20 tournament, where he will be aiming to prove his form and fitness and make his way back into international cricket. The Champions Cup T20 tournament will be played from December 7 to December 25.

Fakhar Zaman eyeing comeback through Champions Cup T20

The tournament will feature some of the top players of Pakistan, both internationally and domestically. Zaman has a great chance to prove his worth and stake a claim to be back in the team.

He will be eyeing a comeback and can come to the notice of the national selectors with his performances. The board will have an eye on his fitness and form and the tournament will be important for his immediate future.

With the Champions Trophy to be played in just a few months, Fakhar doesn't have much time to make a comeback. He needs to find form and prove his fitness soon in order to be considered in Pakistan's squad for the Champions Trophy.

Fakhar Zaman dropped from Australia tour

Fakhar Zaman was earlier dropped from Pakistan's white-ball teams for the Australia tour as well. The left-handed opener had made some inappropriate comments in support of the team's star batter Babar Azam which didn't go down well with the PCB.

As a result, the board decided to drop him from the team. Not only the disciplinary issues, the PCB also cited Fakhar Zaman's poor fitness concerns as one of the reasons behind his omission.

In his absence, Saim Ayub and Abdullah Shafique shone as openers in Australia. Both the batters produced some scintillating performances to take Pakistan to a historic 2-1 series win in ODIs.