Pakistan Team: Batting without spark, slow pace attack… Still why is Pakistan dangerous in the Champions Trophy?

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Pakistan Team Batting without spark, slow pace attack
Pakistan Team Batting without spark, slow pace attack

Pakistan Team : Champions Trophy Squad Review: If you look at the Pakistan team, there is no big name. The big names are struggling, while there are some new players. Despite this, the host Pakistan cannot be taken lightly in the Champions Trophy.

New Delhi: The ICC Champions Trophy 2025 is to be organized under the hosting of Pakistan and it has announced the team last. However, its team is not liked much by its former cricketers. Especially Wasim Akram, known as the King of Swing, complained openly. It is possible that many other Pakistani stars also do not like this team. Even after seeing the recent performance in the ICC tournament, Pakistani cricket experts may be angry, but despite this it would be a mistake to underestimate the host team.

Pakistan’s opening pair is not yet decided
Pakistan Team : Batting without spark
Pakistan Team: Batting without spark

First of all, let’s take a look at the players based on recent performance. If we look at the top, Fakhar Zaman will have the responsibility of opening, but the second opener is not decided. It is expected that it could be Babar Azam or Saud Shakeel could get a big responsibility, although if this happens then it will be risky, because they do not have experience. In order to save Babar Azam’s wicket against big teams, someone else can be given the opening.

There is no spark in Pakistan’s top order
Pakistan Team: Batting without spark, slow pace attack
Pakistan Team: Batting without spark, slow pace attack

The number three can be Mohammad Rizwan. If Babar does not come out to open, he will come at number three or four. After this, there is Kamran Ghulam who has played only 9 ODIs, Tayyab Tahir who has played 3 ODIs and Khushdil Shah who has played 10 ODIs. Off-spin all-rounder Salman Agha, who has played 21 ODIs, and pace all-rounder Faheem Ashraf, who has played 17 ODIs, will take charge of the middle order. These 15 players were the names that fall in the category of batting specialist or all-rounder. If seen, there is no spark in any name. Most are slow starters and many are inexperienced. It is possible that the team captain Mohammad Rizwan is also unaware of what each player is capable of doing.

There is Shaheen Afridi, Naseem Shah, Haris, but the pace attack is a mess
Pakistan Team: Batting without spark
Pakistan Team: Batting without spark

Now let’s talk about pace bowling. There is nothing new. Shahid Afridi’s son-in-law Shaheen Shah Afridi, Naseem Shah, Mohammad Hasnain and short-tempered Haris Rauf will take charge. These are the fast bowlers who sometimes perform well and sometimes hit with all their heart. Some have pace while some have been hitting with full force despite being big names. No one knows what the trio of Shaheen Shah Afridi, Haris Rauf and Naseem Shah will do. If we look at each one of them, they are like rusty weapons, which once had potential, but today they are like white elephants. If Pakistan’s pitch is favorable for spin, which is more likely, then all these weapons will become useless.

What bet will Pakistan play on spinners?
Pakistan Team: Batting without spark
Pakistan Team: Batting without spark

Finally, it comes to spin, on the basis of which it has been seen trying to win Test matches in its home series. It has Abrar Ahmed leg spinner, who has experience of 4 ODIs. Kamran Ghulam and Saud Shakeel are also left-arm spin all-rounders, while Salman Agha bowls off spin. Except Abrar, all are part-timers. If Abrar Ahmed fails, then Pakistan will be in trouble. Too much reliance on part-timers can humiliate Pakistan in a tournament hosted by it.

Then how can Pakistan win?
Pakistan Team: Batting without spark
Pakistan Team: Batting without spark

Pakistan is such a team that when judged as strong, its performance is poor, but when judged as weak, it surprises. Be it the 1992 World Cup or the T20 World Cup 2010, it has always surprised. It is possible that if there is still time, changes may be seen in the team. Babar Azam, Fakhar Zaman and Mohammad Rizwan are big names in batting, if they perform well, Pakistan can overpower the opposition team. Same is the case with bowling. The trio of Shaheen, Naseem Shah and Haris Rauf are capable of doing anything on the field, but it should be their day.

Pakistan team for ICC Champions Trophy

Pakistan Team: Batting without spark, slow pace attack
Pakistan Team: Batting without spark, slow pace attack

Mohammad Rizwan (captain)
Babar Azam
Fakhar Zaman
Kamran Ghulam
Saud Shakeel
Tayyab Tahir
Faheem Ashraf
Khushdil Shah
Salman Ali Agha
Usman Khan
Abrar Ahmed
Haris Rauf
Mohammad Hasnain
Naseem Shah
Shaheen Shah Afridi

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