Pakistan's recent test losses

 

Pakistan's recent test losses first against Bangladesh and now in the first test between Pakistan and West Indies is a cause for concern. If Pakistan are losing to low ranked test teams like Bangladesh and West Indies then they are doomed to be whitewashed 3-0 on their tour of England.

I cant understand Babar Azam's strategy of playing just 5 specialist batsmen against West Indies in the first test at Tarouba and definitely we were a specialist batsman short on a bowler friendly pitch at Brian Lara academy at Tarouba. Also Ubaid Shah should have played in the first test in place of Aamer Jamal as Pakistani bowling attack lacked pace.

The Bangladesh defeats too showed that our batting is brittle and our bowling lacks pace.

In the end what I would like to say is that only Allah can save Pakistan in tests as we are looking like a pathetic test side at the moment.

Pakistan vs West Indies first test Day 3 2026

 

The match right now is on knife edge and is even stevens with Pakistan needing 3 more wickets to bowl West Indies out in their second innings and I am not sure Pakistan will be able to chase the target set out to them.

Pakistan squandered an excellent chance to take the lead in the first innings falling like nine pins and collapsing to Justin Greaves bowling. The pitch is showing wear and tear and it will be even more difficult to bat on Day 4 when Pakistan will be chasing the West Indies score and target set to them. 

Already the ball is keeping up and down on this pitch and it has become very hard to bat on this pitch. 

In the end what I would like to say is that it will take a minor miracle if Pakistan are to win this test match.

Pakistan vs West Indies first test 2026

 Well Pakistan is in driving seat in the first test at Tarouba against West Indies and they have seven wickets in hand with the score at 199 for 3 in reply to West indies total of 311 runs in their first innings. if Pakistan can get a substantial lead of over 100 runs in reply to West Indies total of 311 runs then Pakistan can even go on to win this test match weather permitting.

Shan Masood is in good form with 88 not out and Salman Ali Agha and later on Muhammad Rizwan will need to support him if Pakistan are to take lead in the first Innings against West Indies. Of the bowlers Muhammad Ali particularly impressed me a lot with his pace and outswing and with Mohammad Abbas as an accurate and experienced bowler Pakistan definitely has the fire power to take 20 wickets in this test match.

In the end what I would like to say is that hopefully the rain will not play spoil sport in this test match.

Aaqib Javed as chief selector

 

Aaqib Javed has not been successful in selecting Pakistani cricket squads as Pakistan cricket team results indicate. Under Aaqib's selection Pakistan failed to reach the semi finals of two Twenty20 World Cups in 2024 and 2026 and also failed to reach the semi finals of Champions Trophy 2025 played in Pakistan and Dubai.

Aaqib Javed's selection of teams have been biased and lacking in merit promoting favouritism. I will even say that Aaqib Javed's selection of Pakistan cricket teams have ruined Pakistani cricket. His dropping of Kamran Ghulam and Saim Ayub from the Pakistani squads look beyond comprehension. His dropping of Babar Azam from the Pakistan international cricket Twenty20 squad also looks beyond comprehension.

It's also because of Aaqib Javed , Gary Kirsten resigned and Jason Gillespie resigned as foreign Pakistani coaches.

In the end what I would like to say is that PCB chairman Mohsin Naqvi should immediately sack Aaqib Javed for the betterment of Pakistani cricket.

Pakistan vs West Indies test series 2026

 

This time West Indies are the favourites as they just defeated Sri Lanka by a margin of 1-0 in the recent test series and Pakistan were on the other hand whitewashed by Bangladesh 2-0 in Bangladesh in May. In this way West Indies are on a high and Pakistan are in a low.

Pakistan will find it very hard to get 20 wickets on the west indies tour in a test match as they have an inexperienced pace attack comprising of Aamir Jamal, Mohammad Ali and Ubaid Shah. Of these three pace bowlers only Ubaid Shah is genuinely quick while Mohammad Ali and Aamir Jamal are mere medium pacers.

In the end what I would like to say is that Babar Azam's comeback stint as captain will be severely tested by the West Indies team.

Pakistan vs India head to head in twenty20 internationals

 

India literally dominates Pakistan in twenty20 format with 10 wins in 13 matches compared to just 3 wins by Pakistan. Pakistan lost thrice to India in the recent Asia Cup in UAE in 2025 and after that they lost the twenty20 World Cup fixture held in Colombo in 2026.

All these defeats of Pakistan by India is surprising as just after the Ahmedabad final of twenty20 world cup that India won they lost to Ireland 2-0 and now just recently they lost to England 4-0 in twenty20 internationals held this year in 2026. If India can lose to a weak team like minnows Ireland that too twice then why cant Pakistan defeat India in Twenty20 cricket. This is surely an underachievement by Pakistan in Twenty20 Internationals against India.

In the end what i would like to say is that Pakistan definitely has the ability to defeat India in twenty20 internationals.

Lack of fast bowling talent in Pakistan

 

Pakistan may be blessed with a lot of spin bowling talent like Noman Ali, Sajid khan, Arafat Minhas and Abrar Ahmad to name a few but on the other hand they are struggling in fast bowling department with pacers of genuine pace.

Khurram Shahzad, Mohammad Abbas, Hasan ali and to some extent Shaheen Afridi are all medium pacers at best with no pace. Shaheen Afridi used to be a genuine fast bowler with a lot of pace and reverse swing but ever since his injury in 2023 during the Galle test in Sri Lanka against Sri Lanka he has lost all his pace and therefore venom in his bowling.

Pakistan has taken various steps like selecting Ubaid Shah for the tour of West Indies but they should have selected Ali raza as well as bowler of raw pace.

In the end what I would like to say is that with Shan Masood being replaced as captain by Babar Azam hopefully the results will come in favour of Pakistan in test cricket.