Imam ul Haq hospitalised as New Zealand whitewash Pakistan in Bay Oval

Pakistan batter Imam-ul-Haq was hospitalised after being hit within the face in Pakistan’s third ODI match vs New Zealand. Imam was compelled to depart the sector within the third over of the group’s chase on Saturday, April 5, after a throw from quick cowl slipped by his helmet to hit his face.

Imam winced in ache and dropped to the ground proper after the ball struck him. He was attended to by the group’s physio and was ultimately carried off the sector on a medical cart. Imam was checked for concussion and was substituted later within the recreation by Usman Khan. The broadcaster later knowledgeable that he was hospitalised because of his harm. Imam was batting at 1 off 7 balls on the time of getting injured.

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Pakistan’s hope of redeeming themselves within the third and the ultimate ODI match of the collection went up in flames after the guests misplaced by 43 runs at Bay Oval. Pakistan did not chase down 265 runs in a rain-curtailed match in Mount Maunganui.

On Saturday, Pakistan had been bowled out for 221 runs whereas chasing 265 within the remaining match of the collection. Babar Azam prime scored for the aspect with a brisk 50 off 58. Other than Babar, Mohammad Rizwan (37 off 32) and Tayyab Tahir (33 off 31) scored runs, however they weren’t capable of take the aspect to victory.

The loss within the remaining ODI marked the top of a horrible collection for Pakistan, who received just one match in the complete white-ball collection. Earlier than the ODI leg of the tour, Pakistan had been hammered 4-1 within the T20I collection

Coming into this recreation, Pakistan had already misplaced the 3-match ODI collection. They misplaced the primary two video games of the 3-match collection at Napier and Hamilton, respectively. The Mohammad Rizwan-led group was hammered within the first two matches by a group led by Michael Bracewell. Within the first match, Mark Chapman scored a terrific hundred, which helped the hosts beat Pakistan by 73 runs.

Within the second recreation, Michael Hay and Ben Sears mixed at hand Pakistan a heavy defeat by 80 runs regardless of them chasing a rating of 293 runs.