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Pakistan’s past and future make a bid for the present

Whatever there is to be said about Fakhar Zaman has been said. And he has usually said it himself – first when he made his debut and steered Pakistan to their greatest triumph of the past decade, then countless times for Lahore Qalandars, then on that one rainy day in Bangalore, climbing a mountain no one had given him a shot at. Fakhar has had a long few years, with recurring injuries and patches of very lean form, but his penchant of showing up when it matters, in extremely emphatic fashion, h