Is Pakistan's decision to rely on just one specialist spinner in the ICC Champions Trophy 2025 a missed opportunity?

[Bilal7]

There are zero world class spinners in Pakistan, unfortunately. Spin bowling is out weakest link, by far.

What a far cry from the heydays of Saeed Ajmal, where Pakistan's bowling was most dangerous in the middle overs. Can't forget Hafeez and Afridi either.

 

[BouncerGuy]

Pakistan needed 2 spinners (specialist ones) to fight it out because Pcaers got the hammering and they will continue getting hammered in next games as well on these pitches.

 

[FearlessRoar]

The pitch is providing more assistance to spinners – how will Pakistan respond?

 

[hoshiarpurexpress]

250 is still on.. Will be very trick with Pakistan Pace trioka giving there all.

 

[FearlessRoar]

Since the squad was announced, this has been the talk, and it has been proven true.

https://twitter.com/x/status/1893690489255190687

 

[Justcrazy]

There are zero world class spinners in Pakistan, unfortunately. Spin bowling is out weakest link, by far.

What a far cry from the heydays of Saeed Ajmal, where Pakistan's bowling was most dangerous in the middle overs. Can't forget Hafeez and Afridi either.

That is the main issue , you need to have spinners who are 10 over bowlers , not darters.

 

[Asif321]

Knew it before hand Rizwan and Aqib made a blunder . Lol Aqib was saying this team will do wonders

 

[Aqib_mustafa]

Guys i was listening to mohammed hafeez he made great points that pak made a good score on this pitch but missed second spinner second spinner on this pitch would have sealed the game is aqib that crazy not to know pak dominated teams here with spinners what they do they play all pace attack thinking like they are like australia.

 

[The Bald Eagle]

Who on earth is he making fool
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[FearlessRoar]

Mohammad Amir during a show on local media outlet:

“People were asking to pick genuine openers and spinners but they said that we will go with this squad. Those people who said that we did not need spinners should now come forward.”

“The people who selected this squad should now come forward, accept their mistake and resign."

 

[FearlessRoar]

Sarfaraz Nawaz, while speaking to a media outlet:

“It was one-sided because the team was unjustly selected. They did not take spinners, which ended in two injuries (Saim Ayub and Fakhar Zaman). Overall, the team was unbalanced, anyway. Some of them are selected because of their political backup. When the team was announced, I wrote to the chairman of the PCB suggesting spinners Sajid and Noman, who had wreaked havoc on England earlier. They did well against West Indies, yet they were still not picked.”

 

[Aqib_mustafa]

I think its a massive blunder by aqib he need sacking for this when you see india went with 4 spinners aqib was living in his own world by selecting his pace battery as if they were playing in perth just cant justify the blunder he has done with this selection pakistan scored close to what india scored against new zealand india won they were playing 4 spinners and pak only went with abrar huge messed up selection.