Zaman was dominated out after sustaining a posterior cruciate ligament (PCL) damage to his proper knee. Fakhar had come to Australia carrying a knee damage, which he aggravated throughout their match towards the Netherlands on Sunday.

“Obviously, with any knee injury it takes time to have 100% recovery,” Pakistan workforce physician Najeebullah Soomro, stated.

“Fakhar and the workforce understood the dangers of coming into the match and we acquired him in. You noticed how he carried out with batting within the final match, sadly within the final match he had a little bit of a twist which aggravated his damage.

“We were aware of the risks of the comeback. He is obviously an important player for the team. The player, the medical staff and the team management were aware of that. We decided to bring him back in. In cricket, and any sport, we take risks. Sometimes they pay off, sometimes they don’t.”

Fakhar was initially named within the travelling reserves however swapped locations with Usman Qadir after the legspinner wanted extra time to get well from a hairline fracture on his proper thumb.

Fakhar needed to skip the collection towards England after injuring his knee in the course of the closing of the Asia Cup towards Sri Lanka within the United Arab Emirates final month.

Pakistan will tackle South Africa in a must-win recreation at Sydney.