Pakistan has reached the final of 2022 T20 World Cup in Australia. Since then their ICC campigns have been nothing short of dissapointment. In addition to not only reaching the playoff stages of the tournament they also have seen upsets against associatate nations in these campaigns. Aakash Chopra speaking on his YouTube channel would compare the cricket team to country.
“Secondly, they are inconsistent. Their graph goes up and down. They rarely have a flat line. They are probably like their country. Their country also goes like that, up and down. The same is reflected in their cricket team,” Chopra said “They are volatile. They are an unpredictable side. Pakistan’s middle name is unpredictable. So imploding under pressure and an unpredictable side, those are a couple of issues. Can Pakistan overcome that? That is my question mark because they will be under pressure.”
“Pakistan’s weakness is not a weakness of today. It’s a perennial weakness. Of course, they are the defending champions in the Champions Trophy, but the truth is that they get stuck under pressure. They lost to the USA in the last ICC event (2024 T20 World Cup) and didn’t qualify for the second round,” he would say. “They reached the final in the 2022 T20 World Cup for sure but they were totally missing in the 2023 ODI World Cup. So this is a team that just implodes under pressure. They just go completely missing. So you will have to agree that is one of Pakistan’s weaknesses,” Chopra added.
However, Pakistan are the hosts for the upcoming ICC Champions Trophy 2025- A silveware which they did manage to bag in 2017. Though the competetion is being held in home conditions, Pakistan aren’t still considered among hot favorites to win the tournament. They kick start their campaign against New Zealand, meet India and conclude their group stage by playing against Bangladesh.
