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Team India defeated Pakistan by five wickets last week by T20 Asia Cup 2025. The third Pakistan vs India match of the final tournament was the match and India was the winner in all three games.

The ninth Asia Cup title for India was the highest for any team. The edition of 2025 is India’s second Asia Cup title in the T20 format after its previous win in 2016. He has seven titles in the ODI format.

Team India won all nine matches against Pakistan while they chased the target in the T20.

These are the highest matches for a team that records 100 % chasing against the opponent.

India’s 172 runs in the Super Four First Game in Dubai were the highest in their eight successful runs against Pakistan.

In the same game, Abhishek Sharma’s 24 balls were the fastest for the Indian batsman against the fifty -fifty green shirts. Yuvraj Singh’s 29-ball was with Yuvraj Singh in 2012 in Ahmedabad, the former fastest record.

Abhishek and Shubman Gul’s 105 runs was the most opening stand for India against Pakistan in Men’s T20 ice. In 2022, between Virat Kohli and Hardik Pandya in MCG, 113 – once India had a century stand for any wicket against Pakistan.

Analyzing Pakistan’s performance in the Asia Cup, a look at the score cards suggests a largely successful campaign, in which the team won all matches other than India.

However, close inspection shows basic issues that are a hindrance to constant success.

The Green Shirts struggled to secure convincing victories, which highlighted the ongoing problems with their middle order stability.

Throughout the tournament, Pakistan’s batting line -up was suffering from incarnation. Key partners such as Salman Agha, Mohammad Herses, Hassan Nawaz, Hussein Talat and Khushil Shah failed to offer effective performances. Head coach Mike Hesson’s strike rate proved ineffective, as the players were shown preferring the limits of the strike rather than roaming the strike, which led to the wickets under pressure.

For T20 cricket, Captain Salman Ali Agha’s appropriate question was widely questioned, many experts believe that his strength is in ODIs and Test matches. His performance in the Asia Cup confirmed these doubts. More than seven matches, he scored only 37 runs, of which a high score of 20, and the batting average is 5.29. His strike rate was 97.36, which raised further questions about his role as a permanent actor.

As Captain, Salman was criticized for batting order decisions and bowling plans. Despite joining as an all -rounder, he rarely bowled during the tournament.

In particular, in the death overs of the final, he handed over the ball to Herms Rauf, which Tilak Verma scored 17 runs, allowing India to pursue its chase.

The most successful bowler of the tournament, Mohammad Nawaz, was used less, he was bowling only once in seven matches and scored only six runs. Sam Ayub also failed to complete his four -over quota, which shows that the bowlers lack strategic use. Harmi Rauf, who took nine wickets in 18.33, suffered severe criticism of his expensive magic in the final against India, where he scored 50 runs in just 3.4 overs during a crucial phase.

As an opener of Sam Job, the election made a significant debate. However, his performance was disappointing. More than seven matches, he scored just 37 runs, with the highest score of four ducks and 20. His struggle against the Quality bowlers, with the cut shot, was clear, and he failed to adopt both opening and lower order positions. Despite his batting problems, his bowling out wickets on average 16 16 and the economy rate of 6.4 in the squad.

Pakistan’s batting was limited to only four fifties, by Sahibzada Farhan, one by Fakhr Zaman and Mohammad Harsh. Sir Zada ​​Farhan was the team’s stand out, scoring an average of 217 runs, which was third in the tournament. However, its 116 strike rate is lagging behind in other countries openers, such as India’s Abhishek Sharma and Sri Lanka’s P Nissaka.

Since the retirement of legends like Inzam -ul -Haq, Mohammad Yousuf, and Younis Khan, Pakistan has struggled to find middle -order stability. The team’s responsibility to be unable to shoulder during the major middle and death overs has become an important concern. Since Pakistan is looking forward, to regain the consistency internationally, these batting and strategic shortcomings must be resolved.

Pakistan’s bowling unit deserves to praise its extraordinary performance in the Asia Cup. He arrived permanently, often wins the match with his discipline efforts. In particular, he defended a total of 136 against Bangladesh, with a semi -finals effectively, and it closely stopped India’s strong batting lineup with a target of 146 runs.

Shaheen Shah Afridi led the bowling attack, which took 10 wickets at an impressive average of 16.4 and 6.6 economy. His performance made him the second tallest wicket in the tournament, which is behind Indian spinner Kuldeep Yadav, who took 17 wickets.

Meanwhile, Pakistan’s leading spinner, Abrar Ahmed, who was expected to lead the spin department, did not fully meet expectations. Despite maintaining the economic rate of 5.36, he took only six wickets in seven matches, highlighting the immediate impact.

Traditionally, Pakistan’s bowling is considered stronger than its batting, and the tournament confirmed that the idea coming from Afridi, some fast bowlers are permanently delivered as a real wicket -taker. In the spin department, the dependence on Abrar Ahmed is important, yet the partnerships of other spinners are well -researched.

In addition, despite playing domestically on spin -friendly pitches, Pakistani batsmen continue to struggle against standard international spinners. Bowllers like Kuldeep Yadav and Varun Chakraborty indicate concerns about their preparation and adaptation in foreign conditions.

It is imperative to solve these weaknesses for Pakistan’s future success in international cricket.

The problem demands immediate attention from the administration. Since Saeed Ajmal’s retirement, Pakistan has failed to produce a world -class spinner. Abrar Ahmed, with the burden of formats, has not been able to secure permanent places in the national squad such as Sajid Khan and Noman Ali.

One of the major reasons is the difference in domestic structures. Pakistan’s domestic system, although the reorganization has improved, still lacks financial power, professionalism and global exhibition. Young Pakistani batsmen rarely face international standard bowling unless they put on national duty, and leave them in preparation.

Even those players play extraordinary play in the Pakistan Super League (PSL), when the national team came, performed very commonly. Failure to violate the 200 -run mark in the T20 innings after the 2022 T20 World Cup raises serious concerns about the team’s batting capabilities.

On the other hand, India’s Ranji Trophy and the Indian Premier League (IPL) expose young batsmen to high pressure conditions against global bowlers at the beginning of their career. In particular, the IPL has formed the fearless batsmen such as Virat Kohli, Shubman Gul, Abhishek Sharma, Suryakumar Yadav, Tilak Verma and Varun Chakraborty.

Another factor is technical grooming, the batsmen of other top teams are taught to make straight, rotating strikes, and making innings before switching gears. On the contrary, Pakistani batsmen try to hit every ball, which often rely on natural moods rather than structural techniques.

Long -term batting is disrupted by the lack of coaches and the abundance of game XI and the confidence of change.

Pakistani players should start aggressively, stable middle -order partnerships and powerful completion, while the hands -oning strategy of Pakistan’s current players begins with a cautious start, gradual acceleration, and looking for better results in which they usually fail to achieve their desired target.

Green shirts should be worth 360 stroke play and are ahead of sports awareness. The lack of power hits in the national team is a clear weakness in the modern game.

To solve this problem, Pakistan needs to give Pakistan confidence and opportunities to adopt cricket’s changing dynamics, invest in coaching infrastructure to hit electricity and promote the skills of killing young cricketers. Only then can Pakistan expect that other cricketing countries will compete on an equal basis.

Fakhhar Zaman, Mohammad Herses, Hassan Nawaz, Hussein Talat, are our powerful but

They are not permanent. Mostly he quickly scores 15-20 runs but fails to turn the score into a big innings.

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