Pakistan vs India Asia Cup 2025

 

Pakistan will find it extremely tough against India in their group match of the Asia Cup. Not only Pakistan's batting will be tested but also their so called champion bowlers will be tested as well. Pakistan's batting needs a lot to be desired as they scored a modest 160 for 7 against an associate team Oman.

Only Sahibzada Farhan, Muhammad Haris and Fakhar Zaman played a substantial innings against Oman while the rest disappointed. They should have scored atleast 200 runs against minnows Oman instead they ended with only 160 runs on board on a batting pitch.  These signs are not good in batting playing against India as india usually scores huge totals.

In the end what I would like to say is that it will take a major miracle if Pakistan are to beat this Indian team in Asia Cup 2025.

Pakistan wins the Tri nation series UAE 2025

Pakistan against all expectations and predictions won the twenty20 International UAE tri nation series 2025 by defeating Afghanistan in the final by a convincing margin of 75 runs. No one expected this final to be such a one sided affair and in fact Afghanistan looked favourites to win the title after they restricted Pakistan to 141 for 8 in their innings. No one expected Afghanistan to not even give a fight and collapse to 66 runs all out. 

Mohammad Nawaz bowled the spell of his life to take 5 wickets and in this way played a key role in dismissing Afghanistan to 66 all out. He not only shone with the ball but also with the bat scoring 25 runs which helped Pakistan to a total of 141. 

Pakistan were ruthless with the ball and didnt allow the Afghan batsmen to comeback in the game. Not only Muhammad Nawaz but also Abrar Ahmed and Sufiyan Muqeem chipped in with two wickets apiece.

In the end what I would like to say is that Pakistan is looking good to finish at least as runners up in the Asia Cup to follow.  

Pakistan vs Afghanistan final tri nation series 2025 preview

 

Pakistan and Afghanistan are two evenly matched sides with equal abilities. Here the toss will play an important role in determining the eventual winner of the final as the  team that bats first has won every match in this tournament so far. 

Afghanistan seem to be having a little edge over Pakistan mentally, strategically and ability wise too. Their strategy of starting slow with wickets in hand seems to pay a lot of dividends as they gradually get to a match winning total.  Whereas Pakistan's strategy of all out attack right from the beginning of their innings in batting is too risky and unfruitful.

In Rahmanullah Gurbaz and Ibrahim Zadran they have reliable openers who almost always give them a flying start. In Rashid Khan, Mohammad Nabi and Noor Ahmad they have unplayable spinners. so in this way Pakistan will be facing a formidable team like Afghanistan in the final.

In the end what i would like to say is that it will take a minor miracle and something extraordinary from Pakistan to win this final against Afghanistan.  

Pakistan vs Afghanistan match 4 of trination series 2025

 

Pakistan were outclassed by Afghanistan by 18 runs in the fourth match of the UAE tri nation series 2025. Pakistan team although is as talented as Afghanistan do not follow the right strategy of maintaining high strike rates giving strike rate more importance than winning the match itself.. In this match in particular in order to score at a high run rate Pakistani batsmen got themselves out instead of keeping in wickets in hand just like the Afghans did in their innings of building partnership.

Afghanistan were slow early in their innings but when they started a partnership they had momentum in their hands and from then on they grew in confidence increasing the run rate. Their innings in batting was much more sensible than that of Pakistan. Pakistan need Babar Azam in their team who is the only sensible batsman in Pakistani cricket.

In the end what I would like to say is that Pakistan will find it tough to beat Afghanistan in the Final of this tournament.

Pakistan vs Afghanistan match 1 of tri nation series 2025

 

Well Pakistan is an unpredictable team and they cant be in a trough for too long. They brushed aside recent form to defeat Afghanistan by 39 runs in the first match of the trination series 2025. Although Rashid Khan, mohammad Nabi and mujeeb ur Rahman were unplayable at times Pakistani batsmen targeted the Afghan pacemen namely Farooqi, Fareed and Omarzai. This strategy worked as Pakistan piled up a decent total of 182 runs against them.

Afghanistan batting as compared to their bowling is weak with only Rahmanullah Gurbaz and Rashid Khan with ability to strike the ball hard rest of the batting is pretty ordinary in terms of strike rate. So if Pakistan can overcome Afghanistan's bowling they are always favourites to win. Pakistani selectors are right to drop Babar Azam and Mohammad Rizwan as both bat too slowly in Twenty20 cricket.

In the end what I would like to say is that Pakistan and Afghanistan should play the final of this tournament. 

Pakistan, Afghanistan, UAE tri nations series

 

Well the overwhelming favourites for the trination series twenty20 tournament is not Pakistan but Afghanistan. Afghanistan is a dangerous side given that they were one of the semi finalists in last year's twenty20 world cup in 2024 and they are in form as compared to Pakistan and UAE. Afghanistan have a dangerous bowling line up with spinners like Rashid Khan, Mujeeb ur Rahman, and Mohammad Nabi. In fast bowling they have Fazal ul Haq Farooqi and in batting they have swashbuckling opener Rahmanullah Gurbaz.

Pakistan on the otherhand couldnt defeat Bangladesh in their home conditions losing to Bangladesh 2-1 a side that just recently lost to UAE 2-1. Also Sharjah pitches suit Afghanistan more than they suit Pakistan. Pakistan's batting is unreliable and their bowlers do have an off day from time to time. I hope they dont miss Babar Azam and Mohammad Rizwan in their batting.

In the end what I would like to say is that not only Afghanistan but even UAE will prove to be tough opponents for Pakistan.

Shoaib Malik - A match winning all rounder

 

If there was any match winner in Pakistan cricket except from Inzamam ul Haq it has to be Shoaib Malik. Shoaib Malik was an expert in finishing matches for Pakistan resulting in Pakistan's victories. He would often come in tough situations and win the match with the bat for Pakistan.

In 2008 Shoaib Malik was captain of Pakistan cricket team which won the Kitply cup in Bangladesh defeating India in the final. He also led Pakistan to runners up position in the 2007 inaugural Twenty20 world Cup losing to India in the final.   As a player he played an important role in Pakistan's victories in 2009 Twenty20 World Cup and ICC champions trophy in 2017.

In 2021 World Cup of Twenty20 he last played a significant role in Pakistan cricket by helping Pakistan to reach the semi finals of that World Cup. He was never selected to play for Pakistan again after that Twenty20 World cup. His career lasted more than twenty years. 

In the end what i would like to say is that given the potential that Shoaib malik had he underachieved somewhat not playing upto his true potential.