India, Feb. 15 -- Pakistan take a loss into their home ICC Champions Trophy campaign, having been beaten by New Zealand in the final of the Tri-Nation series after Mohammad Rizwan opted to bat first. While Pakistan have a general sense of optimism heading into the tournament, the result will be concerning given New Zealand occupy the same group alongside them.

Beyond this, Rizwan was slammed for his tactical misstep in choosing to bat first, with batter Ahmed Shehzad heavily criticising Rizwan for making the wrong call at the toss in Karachi.

Speaking on his Youtube channel after the match, Shehzad didn't hold back as he said: "It was a mind-boggling decision because we had seen in the previous match that the pitch becomes better to bat...