The Champions Trophy 2025 has not started yet but already many teams are struggling due to the fitness of their star players. Host Pakistan has already lost its young opener Sym Ayub before this tournament due to injury. At the same time, Team India is also struggling with the fitness of star fast bowler Jaspreet Bumrah. At the same time, 4 big players of World Champion Australia have been out of the tournament. Now another name is seen to be added to this list, these are New Zealand fast bowler Lockie Ferguson, who recently got hurt and now the team is waiting for the result of their fitness test.
Before the Champions Trophy starting on February 19, New Zealand team is going to play ODI series in Pakistan. But even before this series, the injury of the lockout Ferguson has brought a big tension for him. Right -handed fast bowler Ferguson was recently playing in ILT20 in UAE but he suffered an injury to hamstring, due to which he was out of the tournament. But it has given a new tension to New Zealand because not only he is out of the ODI series of three countries but is also in danger of being out of the Champions Trophy.
A day before the triangular series began in Lahore, New Zealand's head coach Gary Stade gave the latest information about the status of its star fast bowler. He told that Ferguson has been scanned and now he is waiting for the report, so that it can be known how serious the injury is. Gary Stede also told that the injury to hamstring was not very serious but still he is waiting for the report, so that it can be known how long Ferguson will stay away from the field and when he will be able to return.
Only after this report, the Kiwi team will decide whether they will be included in the squad of Ferguson. New Zealand selectors have already chosen fast bowler Jacob Dafi as Ferguson's cover. The New Zealand team is in the same group with India, Pakistan and Bangladesh in the Champions Trophy. The tournament will start with Pakistan and New Zealand. At the same time, India and New Zealand will be played on 2 March.
