The Champions Trophy 2025 period ends for Pakistan teams as top performers could risk being replaced. The participation of team players and management through this process received extensive negative evaluation from the public. The next cricket tour for Pakistan will play against New Zealand. The report published by Cricket Pakistan suggests there is a possibility that some top performers will not make the squad.
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Players Who Could Be Dropped
According to the report, the poor performance of players including Babar Azam and Shaheen Afridi alongside Naseem Shah and Haris Rauf during the Champions Trophy reportedly makes them vulnerable for team removal. Babar Azam took up the role of opening batsman during the tournament. During the tournament he managed to achieve only a single fifty. The bowling performance of Shaheen Afridi Naseem Shah and Haris Rauf proved ineffective during the competition.
Pakistan’s Disappointing Performance
As the host nation Pakistan put forward a regrettable performance in Champions Trophy 2025. During the competition, Pakistan only received three group matches yet failed to win any of them thus being eliminated.
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Pakistan’s Performance in Champions Trophy:
- The first match of Pakistan saw them lose against New Zealand during the Champions Trophy 2025 competition.
- When Pakistan played against India in their second game the home team lost by six wickets. During this match Virat Kohli made an unbeaten century of 100 runs.
- Both teams were awarded one point after the rain-affected match against Bangladesh caused its cancellation. Wasim Akram’s Criticism
Following their ineffective showing Wasim Akram a former Pakistan cricketer issued forth a harsh criticism of the national team. The team bad results worried him deeply so he stressed that changes needed to happen at once. Shehbaz Sharif the Prime Minister of Pakistan displayed his dissatisfaction with the team’s results during the match competition. The press published reports suggesting that this matter will receive attention during cabinet discussions and parliamentary proceedings.
