The Champions Trophy 2025 has not started yet but many teams are already struggling due to the fitness of their star players. Host Pakistan has already lost its young opener Saim Ayub due to injury before this tournament. 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 ruled out of the tournament. Now another name seems to be added to this list, he is New Zealand fast bowler Lockie Ferguson, who recently got injured and now the team is waiting for the result of his fitness test.
Before the Champions Trophy starting on 19 February, the New Zealand team is going to play a one-day series in Pakistan. But before this series, Lockie Ferguson's injury has brought a big tension for them. Right-arm fast bowler Ferguson was recently playing in the ILT20 in UAE but here he suffered a hamstring injury, due to which he was out of the tournament. But this has given a new tension to New Zealand because not only are they out of the three-nation ODI series but they are also in danger of being out of the Champions Trophy.
A day before the start of the tri-series in Lahore, New Zealand's head coach Gary Stead gave the latest information about the condition of his star fast bowler. He said that Ferguson has been scanned and now they are waiting for the report, which will tell how serious the injury is. Gary Stead also said that the hamstring injury did not look very serious but still they are waiting for the report, which will tell 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 include Ferguson's replacement in the squad or not. New Zealand selectors have already selected fast bowler Jacob Duffy as Ferguson's cover. New Zealand's team is in the same group with India, Pakistan and Bangladesh in the Champions Trophy. The tournament will start with the match between Pakistan and New Zealand. The match between India and New Zealand will be played on March 2.
