But an incident happened in the 13th over of the Pakistan innings, when Lockie Ferguson dug the ball in short which took off wildly to hit opener Imam-ul-Haq on the grille of the helmet. The batsman fell on the ground as he was hurt and was taken quickly for medical assistance
Pakistan broke a four-year losing streak of 12 consecutive ODIs against New Zealand by six wickets to level the one-day series at 1-1.
But an incident happened in the 13th over of the Pakistan innings, when Lockie Ferguson dug the ball in short which took off wildly to hit opener Imam-ul-Haq on the grille of the helmet. The batsman fell on the ground as he was hurt and was taken quickly for medical assistance.
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— Ramiz Ahmed Patel (@ramizrap1)The team management, after the incident, said that the 22-year-old would undergo CT scan and be monitored for the next 48 hours. But later PCB took to Twitter to give an update.
“Imam-ul-Haq all scans clear. He joined the team and will remain under observation of Team Physio,” it said.
A picture along with the cricketer, confirming that Imam was fine, was also posted soon by Shoaib Malik.
Meanwhile, the Man-of-the-match was bagged by Shaheen Afridi for his career-best 4/38. Opener Fakhar Zaman hit a run-a-ball 88.
The third and last ODI will be played on Sunday.
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