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The first Twenty20 International between Pakistan and Bangladesh is playing in Mirpur, Dhaka today. Salman Agha is leading a comparative young team for a three -match T20 series in Mirpur, Dhaka between July 20 and 24.

In fact, the tour was scheduled as three ODIs under the Future Tour Program (FTP). However, with the ICC’s men’s T20 World Cup scheduled in 2026, the two boards mutually agreed with the three -match T20 series.

The T20I matches will work as the Asia Cup of 2025 and the 2026 Men’s T20 World Cup before the preparations for both teams. Pakistan cricket team enters its upcoming T20 series against Bangladesh

Expectations to win in the three -match showdown. Pakistan’s squad is proud of the combination of experienced campaigners and talented emerging players, which aims to showcase their abilities and maintain their victory. With a strong batting lineup and a disciplined bowling attack, the possibility of Pakistan in the series seems hopeful.

Shadab has recently undergone surgery on his right shoulder and is currently recovering. Meanwhile, Rauf suffered a hamstring injury in the MLC, which drove him out of the play -off matches of San Francisco Unicorns.

In addition, Irfan Khan Niazi, Hassan Ali, Mohammad Wasim and Naseem Shah have been released. Hassan, which Bangladesh had earlier visited Pakistan, was the top wicketkeeper, he has been allowed to continue the game in England while the selectors try other powers. For this moment, Pakistan is also absent for ODIs – Naseem and Shaheen Shah Afridi are being considered for ODIs.

The last T20 series between the two teams was played in Pakistan from May to June, which was won by the home team 3-0. This is the second T20I series Pakistan will play under the new Whiteball coach Mike Hesson, with the next T20 World Cup scheduled in India and Sri Lanka in the early 2026. In the current series, the selectors rested senior player Babar Azam, Mohammad Rizwan in a strategic move that aims to nurture the emerging capabilities before the next T20 World Cup, the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) has announced a temporary squad for the White Ball series against the West Indies. The series, which is about to cross the louder heel and Taruba in early August, will be seen as many experienced players, including Shadab Khan and Harsh Rauf. Shaheen Shah Afridi and Hassan Ali, however, have been included in the squad.

This election is an important opportunity for young possibilities such as Ahmed Daniel, a medium -sized fast, and a left -wing fast bowler, Salman Mirza, who has not yet joined internationally. Left -wing wrist spinner Sufyan is a part of the development project, with just ten T20I appearances.

With the inclusion of these emerging players, the PCB’s attention is focused on the construction of a competitive squad by highlighting the strong performances in the domestic cricket and the Pakistan Super League (PSL). Among the newcomers, Hassan Nawaz, who debuted earlier this year, has already shown his abilities with 399 runs in ten PSL innings, which has maintained a strike rate of 162.19. Abbas Afridi proved his ability as the fourth highest wicket -taker with 17 dismissal in the PSL, proud of the 21 T20I’s hearing since last year.

In addition, the board is talking with the Cricket West Indies to further increase the T20, with the importance of T20 cricket ahead of the ICC World Cup.

Prior to this series, all 22 T20I matches between the two teams were played in Shibin, and Greenshites clearly won the edge with 19 wins, while Bangladesh won only three matches.

On April 20, 2008, Pakistan is the highest team between the two of Pakistan in 203-5. Gracets scored 200 runs four times, while Bangladesh’s Best innings of 196-6 in Lahore on June 1, 2025, he was his total.

Bangladesh has the lowest innings between the two teams in 20 overs in Mirpur on November 29, 2011. The Bengal Tigers restricted Pakistan to 127-5 during the same visit and Pakistan has the lowest innings on the same land.

Bangladesh all -rounder Shakib Al Hasan is the most successful batsman of the two teams, of which there are 360 runs in 11 matches, on average 40 and the strike rate is 132.35. He scored four half centuries.

For Pakistan, former Captain Mohammad Hafij scored a maximum of 277 runs in 10 T20Is, with an average of 112.14 with an average of 34.62 and two fifties. The wicketkeeper batsman Mohammad Rizwan is behind him with 274 runs in the nine games, but his average average is 54.80, with a rate of 113.22, including two half century.

The two countries between the two countries internationally, in just two centuries, both Pakistani batsmen – Ahmed Shehzad 111 not out and Mohammad Herses 107 out. Shakib Al Hasan has the best individual score of 84 Bengal Tigers.

On the bowling, Pakistan’s league spinner Shadab Khan is the most successful bowler with 12 wickets in 21 matches with 12 wickets in 21 matches. Bangladesh Taskin Ahmed took a maximum of eight wickets in nine exhibitions, with an average of 28.37.

Despite entering Pakistan as a favorite, they should be careful with the encouragement of Bangladeshi, but the domestic aspect cannot be understood, especially when playing on the ground of their homes.

Pitch conditions and enthusiastic domestic mobs often provide an important benefit to hosts, which further challenges the series. The Bangladeshi squad has shown flexibility and improvement in recent years, with their players capable of creating misery, especially in familiar conditions. Their spinners and high -speed bowlers specialize in exploiting the pitch and helping their batsmen to benefit any scoring opportunities.

Bangladesh is desperate to defend the domestic turf and show its development at the international stage. In this regard, there is a promise to have a competitive confrontation, in which Pakistan wants to emphasize its domination, but Bangladesh has won a good position to provide a difficult challenge. Fans can estimate an arrest competition as both teams are fighting for supremacy.

With less than a year, with the T20 World Cup, both teams will take valuable lessons in this regard as they prepare for tough international tests.

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