Asia games Final, Pakistan vs India 2026

 

Pakistan meet India in the final of Asian games 2026 while Pakistan's semi final against Bangladesh was somewhat closely fought with Pakistan winning by 6 wickets the Indian semi final with Sri Lanka was totally one sided with India crushing Sri Lanka by 124 runs.

India in the final against Pakistan are the clear favourites as they are better than Pakistan in each department of the game that is batting, bowling and fielding. The Indian team is looking invincible at the moment and hardly they have any weakness.

In the end what I would like to say is that Pakistan can only defeat India if their bowlers get out cheaply Indian batsmen which include players like Abhishek Sharma, Ishan Kishan and Sanju Samson. In batting Pakistani batsmen have to come out with a strategy to how to handle the dangerous bowling of Jasprit Bumrah.

Asian games 2026

 

Pakistan stand a good chance of winning atleast Bronze medal in the upcoming Asian games in 2026. They will face stiff opposition from Bangladesh, Sri Lanka and India for any medal in the cricket competition in Asian games.

Pakistan have a good composition of youth and experience. In experienced players they have Saim Ayub, Sahibzada Farhan, Abrar Ahmed and Usman Khan. In youth they have Maaz Sadaqat, Ali Raza and Arafat Minhas etc. 

Pakistan's main challenge in Asian games comes from India whom they havent defeated in Twenty20 internationals for four years now. Pakistan's last win in twenty20 internationals against India came in Super 4 stage of Asia Cup in 2022 in UAE.

In the end what I would like to say is that Pakistan have the ability to win gold in Asian games mens tournament 2026.

Pakistan are weak in test cricket

 

Pakistan's recent performances in test cricket is pathetic to say the least. Pakistan is not only losing in South Africa, England, New Zealand and Australia in test cricket but also in asian conditions such as Bangladesh.

Pakistani batting collapses in countries such as South Africa, England, New Zealand and Australia regularly. Part of the reason for batting collapses in such countries are that pitches in these countries are fast, pacy and bouncy. Pakistani batsmen do not possess the technique and temperament to play in these countries. Also another reason is that Pakistani batsmen are used to playing in flat, spinning, turning, low bounce and slow conditions at home.

In the end what  would like to say is that Pakistani bowlers lack pace and that is the main reason for their failure in test cricket. 

Pakistan's miserable tour to England finally ends 2026

 

Pakistan have been whitewashed 3-0 by England and it is embarrassing to say the least. On the otherhand there were some positives in this tour. Saud Shakeel, Azan Awais, Shan Masood and in the last innings Babar Azam batted well in the series. In bowling Mohammad Abbas was consistently good and picked up wickets regularly in the series. Razaullah was the find of the tour as he shone not only with the ball but also with the bat.

Pakistan finally got a flat pitch in this series and their first innings score of 133 runs was disappointing and disheartening to say the least. Razaullah's heroics with the bat ensured that Pakistan avoided an innings defeat.

In the end what I would like to say is that Pakistan finally showed fight in the third test match of the series at Edgbaston and Mohsin Naqvi's decision to make all these changes in the team was justified.

Pakistan facing whitewash in their series against England 2026

 

Pakistan in all probability will lose the Third test against England today that is 3rd days play. There are very few positives for Pakistan in this test series. Saud Shakeel's batting has been Pakistan's only positive in this test series while Azan Awais has also shown promise. In bowling Razaullah and Mohammad Imran have shown plenty of potential on their debut.

Pakistan have finally found a genuine pace bowler in Razaullah who was impressive picking up four wickets including that of a world class batsman like Joe Root. Razaulllah has a bright future ahead of him and his slingy bowling action reminds me of Wahab Riaz.

Our batting has flopped throughout the series against England and it will be interesting to see whether they can cross a total of 200 runs in this test series in their last innings of the tour.

In the end what I would like to say is that Pakistan were found to be absolutely clueless against English bowling especially Ollie Robinson.

Pakistan's Champions Trophy Win 2017

 

Pakistan cricket team's Champions Trophy win in 2017 came as a major surprise as Pakistan were the lowest ranked team in the Tournament ranked 8th. Sarfraz Ahmed was the captain this time and having led Pakistan to Under-19 World Cup win in 2006 this wasnt a new experience for him.

Pakistan began the tournament badly with a crushing defeat at the hands of India in their opening match but they regained form and momentum by defeating South Africa and Sri Lanka in their remaining group stage matches to set a date against England in the Semi Final. England were one of the pre tournament favourites to win the tournament but Pakistan crushed them by 8 wickets in the semi final having restricted them to a below par total of 211 runs.

In the Final against India Fakhar Zaman scored a match winning century with Azhar Ali and Mohammad Hafeez scoring half centuries allowing Pakistan to post a mammoth total of 338 runs on board. Muhammad Amir then took the early wickets of Rohit Sharma, Virat Kohli and Shekhar Dhawan to set up Pakistan's Champions trophy win by restricting India to a score of 161 runs. 

In the end what I would like to say is that Champions Trophy is the only ICC event where Pakistan have defeated India thrice.

Pakistan's 2009 World Cup Twenty20 triumph

 

Pakistan's 2009 Twenty20 World Cup win came as no surprise as they were very close to winning the 2007 Twenty20 World Cup against India in the Final had Misbah ul Haq not played that atrocious shot of scooping the ball in Sreesanth hands off Joginder Sharma's bowling. 

Nevertheless after defeating Netherlands with a higher net runrate than Netherlands Pakistan reached the Super Eights after losing to England in their opening game. After losing to Sri Lanka in their first match of Super Eights Pakistan finally found form against New Zealand with Umar Gul being the chief destroyer. After defeating Ireland Pakistan reached the semi final against South Africa.

Shahid Afridi played a match winning innings coming at No.3 in the batting order to ensure Pakistan scored a decent total of 149 on board. Then Pakistan restricted South Africa to a score of 142 runs to set a date with Sri Lanka in the Final. Pakistan restricted Sri Lanka to a below par total of 139 runs and then Shahid Afridi once again played a heroic innings to lift the Twenty20 world Cup 2009 for Pakistan for the very first time.

In the end what I would like to say of the three ICC events that is Champions Trophy, 50 over world cup and Twenty20 world Cup Pakistan looks like a capable team in only Twenty20 World Cups.