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Pakistan’s disappointing performance in the Champions Trophy of 2025 has left cricket fans in shock and frustration, the national team has eliminated its domestic campaign at the bottom of the group table without any win.

Akistan’s disappointing performance in the Champions Trophy of 2025 has left cricket fans in shock and frustration, the national team has eliminated its domestic campaign at the bottom of the group table without winning a single victory.

The final match against Bangladesh, which had no effect on the results of the tournament, was rained at Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium on Thursday. As a result, Pakistan sealed the destiny, and left them in the last place, even under Bangladesh.

A nightmare for the fans of Pakistan

The rain that was washing the final match symbolized Pakistan’s entire campaign.

The host was playing on domestic soil for the first time since 1996, failing to win a single match, his supporters were rejected. Despite the final match is unnecessary, the fact is that Pakistan failed to claim victory over the Home Triff only deepened the frustration of the fans.

The team was poorly lost by the loss of Arc Revolution India, which was already a winning match after losing to New Zealand. The defeat was sealed to leave Pakistan’s tournament, which could not keep up with the status of their defending champion. Bangladesh, who were also abolished, ended the fate of Pakistan and ended with just one point.

AQIB Javed accepts responsibility for failures

After the devastating campaign, Pakistan’s head coach, AQIB Javed, whose contract with the Champions Trophy, claimed full responsibility for the team’s poor performance. Javed told the press, “There is no excuse in life … should not be.” “It’s my responsibility.”

The disappointing results of the team, especially after the loss of India, were inevitable on Javed. He acknowledged that the players struggled with pressure and lacked the necessary experience.

Javed also criticized the team for not taking advantage of the favorable conditions of batting. “We didn’t score a big score on the pitches where more than 300 scores are normal. Our star player failed to provide,” he said. He also highlighted the need for consistency at all levels, and further identified the challenges facing the instability within the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB). He added, “You need the top consistency, and make sure that long -term policies are in their place.”

Exit out quickly from the tournament

After the defeat of India on February 23, the hopes of development of Pakistan were lifted, which confirmed the group stage initially. Despite being a defending champion, Pakistan’s performance diminished much, which led to a shock to his cricketing ambitions. The loss to India with the opening defeat of New Zealand meant that Pakistan was unlikely to move further.

In October 2024, Mohammad Rizwan, who was appointed captain of Pakistan’s Whiteball, had earlier directed the team to win the series on World Champion Australia and victories against Zimbabwe and South Africa. However, his leadership failed to impress Pakistan for the Champions Trophy success, as they both got stuck in important matches.

Selection conflicts

During the tournament, the selection of Pakistan’s team came under intense scrutiny. Despite widespread calls to include other specialist spinners, the selectors only chose to remain with a regular spinner, Abrar Ahmed. He visited part -time spinners Salman Agha and Khushdil Shah.

While Khushdil Shah played a key innings against New Zealand, he was unable to guide Pakistan to victory, and the fans were disappointed. In addition, Pakistan’s batting failed to show the intentions appearing in other teams playing modern cricket in the Champions Trophy. The team’s bowling also failed to learn a lesson from past mistakes in the Tree Nation series, which led to poor performances.

In his defeat to India and New Zealand, failure to roam and score Pakistan’s strike independently was a major problem. In the match against India, Pakistan played 152 dot balls, and in the loss of New Zealand, they suffered 162 dot balls. His failure in maintaining a strong scoring rate was an important factor behind his initial emission.

Pakistan’s outdated approach to modern cricket was another point of conflict. Many former players, including pacer Shaheen Afridi, expressed disappointment at the team’s mentality, which they felt that we did not agree with contemporary cricket. Afridi criticized the players for failing to accept the aggressive approach needed in modern cricket. “The mentality of Pakistan’s players is not similar to modern cricket,” he said. “We need to thoroughly review the system to prepare players with aggressive mindset.”

Former Pakistan Captain Rashid Latif even advised that elections are politically encouraged, which creates more controversy.

Since Pakistan reflects its traumatic emission from the Champions Trophy, the need for a complete restoration of its cricketing system has never been clear. The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) will have to take speedy action to solve the basic issues within the team, including a change in mentality and strategy. Without significant changes, the cricketing future of Pakistan will look dark, which will disappoint the fans and are yearning to return the success that they once enjoyed.

The lessons learned from this disappointing campaign will be very important if Pakistan has to rebuild and compete at the highest level again.

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