- New Zealand’s star all-rounder Rachin Ravindra was badly injured in the first ODI of the triangular series, now Pakistan has started washing its hands off this. Pakistan has blamed the player for this accident.
Rachin Ravindra: In the first ODI match of the triangular series between Pakistan and New Zealand, Kiwi batsman Rachin Ravindra got injured while trying to take a catch. Rachin failed to judge the ball properly due to poor floodlights and the ball hit him directly in the face. Rachin’s injury was so serious that he was immediately taken to the hospital and he never returned to the field again.
After this, he did not return even in the second ODI against South Africa. Now, Pakistan has started washing its hands off the incident of Rachin Ravindra’s head getting fractured. It is trying to blame the Kiwi player for this mistake.
Floodlights are fine, it was Rachin’s mistake – former captain
On the injury of Rachin Ravindra at the renovated Gaddafi Stadium in Lahore, former Pakistan captain Salman Butt believes that Rachin Ravindra was at fault in this entire incident.
Defending the Pakistan Cricket Board, the former captain said that when the ball was coming towards him, he failed to judge the ball correctly and he had to pay the price for it. In an interview to a local news channel, Salman Butt said that
“When people do not want to understand this, then one should not even try to explain it to them. This is irrelevant. Butt says that new LED floodlights have been installed in the Gaddafi Stadium and they are absolutely fine. Butt further said that when he was hitting sixes on the ball at the speed of 150 under the same floodlights, everything was fine, but when Rachin (Rachin Ravindra) standing 70 meters away could not catch the catch and the ball hit him, the lights went bad? Butt says that he failed to read this ball and his foot also slipped, due to which the ball hit his face.
Pakistani fans also raised questions
After the first match played between Pakistan and New Zealand, fans have also raised questions on the renovation of the Gaddafi Stadium. Fans believe that the Gaddafi Stadium is still not fully ready to host the Champions Trophy 2025. People believe that there is still a lot left in this stadium.
On the other hand, the Pakistan Cricket Board says that all the stadiums are ready and are fully prepared for the ICC Champions Trophy 2025. However, how ready these stadiums of Pakistan are will be known from the first match to be played between Pakistan and New Zealand on 19 February. However, all the matches of India will be played outside Pakistan in Dubai, while the other seven teams will play all the matches in Lahore, Karachi, and Rawalpindi of Pakistan.
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