Pakistan, Afghanistan and UAE T20I Tri-Series (2025) - Discussion Thread

[Obaidd]

Let haris bat at 3. He has a terrific record at that no. He always fails at opening, no 4, no 5, no 6.

But for some reason becomes a transformed player batting at no 3. He always kicks off at 3. Was gun in 2022 wc, had been great so far as well excluding a few failures which happenes to everyone.

Even don Bradman got out on 18 and 1 in his first game and 3 in his final game.

He’s usually a walking wicket. I’d rather not have his unreliable a** at 3.

He fails at 1 or 2 or 4 or 5 or 6 doesn’t help to build a case for him at 3.

Love the bradman reference. Atm, he probably doesn’t even deserve a Kamran Akmal or Saifi reference.

 

[mominsaigol]

He’s usually a walking wicket. I’d rather not have his unreliable a** at 3.

He fails at 1 or 2 or 4 or 5 or 6 doesn’t help to build a case for him at 3.

Love the bradman reference. Atm, he probably doesn’t even deserve a Kamran Akmal or Saifi reference.

Lol I input Bradman everywhere

 

[RidiculousMan]

Just found out the Tri Series is double round robin. Pakistan will be playing 4-5 games before Asia Cup. This feels 2 too many.

 

[BouncerGuy]

Just found out the Tri Series is double round robin. Pakistan will be playing 4-5 games before Asia Cup. This feels 2 too many.

but it is a good chance to test your guys

 

[RidiculousMan]

but it is a good chance to test your guys

Too much preparation can also backfire

 

[BouncerGuy]

Too much preparation can also backfire

This is Pakistan... t20 is what these guys wanna play

 

[sweep_shot]

Just found out the Tri Series is double round robin. Pakistan will be playing 4-5 games before Asia Cup. This feels 2 too many.

I am loving these tri-series. We are seeing these a lot lately (PAK-SA-NZ tri-series, SA-NZ-ZIM tri-series, and now PAK-AFG-UAE tri-series).

Brings back memories of 90's.

 

[RedwoodOriginal]

I wouldn't be surprised if Pakistan lose to UAE atleast once. They will play them twice in the tri-series and then once again in the Asia Cup. Seems Pakistan have made a habit out of getting embarrassed by a minnow every now and then...maybe it's UAE's turn to get lucky.

 

[Rana]

I wouldn't be surprised if Pakistan lose to UAE atleast once. They will play them twice in the tri-series and then once again in the Asia Cup. Seems Pakistan have made a habit out of getting embarrassed by a minnow every now and then...maybe it's UAE's turn to get lucky.

I won’t be surprised if Pakistan absolutely demolish them either

This wasn’t the case with Babar and Rizwan allowing these crap teams to get a bit too comfortable against us.

 

[RedwoodOriginal]

I won’t be surprised if Pakistan absolutely demolish them either

This wasn’t the case with Babar and Rizwan allowing these crap teams to get a bit too comfortable against us.

Yeah bro but it's UAE. Demolishing them doesn't mean anything. But losing to them would be another epic embarrassment.

 

[TeymurBlake]

Please for the love of all mighty, play Abrar & Sufiyaan together.

Pakistan with tournament cricket coming up need to play two frontline spinners.

 

[sweep_shot]

Please for the love of all mighty, play Abrar & Sufiyaan together.

Pakistan with tournament cricket coming up need to play two frontline spinners.

Agree.

In UAE conditions, 2 spinners are necessary.

In 2026 World T20, spinners are likely to dominate also.

 

[Obaidd]

I wouldn't be surprised if Pakistan lose to UAE atleast once. They will play them twice in the tri-series and then once again in the Asia Cup. Seems Pakistan have made a habit out of getting embarrassed by a minnow every now and then...maybe it's UAE's turn to get lucky.

Please share the batting order you’d like to see for Pak.

 

[RedwoodOriginal]

Please share the batting order you’d like to see for Pak.

1. Saim Ayub
2. Sahibzada Farhan
3. Fakhar Zaman
4. Mohammad Haris
5. Salman Agha
6. Hassan Nawaz
7. Faheem Ashraf/Mohammad Nawaz
8. Shaheen Shah Afridi
9. Haris Rauf
10. Abrar Ahmed
11. Sufiyan Muqeem

 

[shamaan]

What channel will this be on

 

[Rana]

Zero need to play any of the established players. Just send the Shaheens to play this series. In any case, Afghanistan should easily wrap up the series in their favor as it is in Sharjah with those 130 type pitches.

Great analysis