The Champions Trophy 2025 is not far away but some teams are not taking the name of ending tension. Australia and South Africa are already struggling with the injuries of many of their players and now there is trouble on New Zealand. Already star fast bowler Lockie Ferguson's injury has put him in trouble and now a painful accident with young all -rounder Rachin Ravindra has increased the team's heartbeat. The incident with Ravindra took place during the Pakistan-New Zealand match, where the ball was hit near his eye and the edge of blood flowed.
The accident occurred during the first match of the ODI series between three countries at Gaddafi Stadium in Lahore. In this match between Pakistan and New Zealand on Saturday 8 February, Rachin Ravindra was overwhelmed to try to catch a catch while fielding. This incident happened in the 38th over during Pakistan's batting, when spinner Michael Bracewell was bowling and Khushdil Shah was batting for Pakistan.
The Pakistani team was chasing the target of 331 runs and in such a situation it needed big shots. On the third ball of this over of Bracewell, left -handed batsman Khushdil played the slog sweep but this direct caught near Rachin posted on Deep Square leg. Everyone felt that they would take this easy catch, but perhaps due to the flood lights of the stadium, they did not see the ball and could not lift their hands completely to catch the catch. The ball went directly near his left eye and he sat there. Immediately, the edge of blood started flowing from his eye.
A tough moment on the field for rachin ravindra as an attempted catch turns into an unfortunate injury.
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Seeing this dreadful view, everyone's breath in the stadium stopped and stunned. Immediately the medical team reached the ground and after seeing Rachin for some time, it was decided to take him out of the ground. During this time his face was covered with a large towel, so that the flow of blood would be stopped. Rachin did not return to the field after this. At present, no update has been given by New Zealand Cricket regarding their situation, but the Kiwi team will definitely have tension whether they will be able to fit for the Champions Trophy or not.
By the way, not only New Zealand, but also Pakistan got a shock in this match. The team's star fast bowler Haris Rauf got hurt during his bowling. When he was putting his seventh over, then his ankle turned and after the second ball he stopped bowling. Rauf had to go out of the field and after that he neither returned for bowling nor landed for batting. Now 10 days before the tournament, this injury can spoil Pakistan's planning.
