The tournament will be played in Pakistan, so obviously Pakistan has complete home advantage, and will also play a match against India in Dubai. Dubai is also called Pakistan’s second home ground. Just before the Champions Trophy, Pakistan has also played a tri-nation series at home, so it would want to take full advantage of it.
Pakistan’s recent form has been very good, they have won their last 3 series. They have defeated South Africa and Australia in their home ground and there is an advantage of playing at home because the noise of the crowd will support Pakistan.
Pakistan team is a very good ODI team, there are many big match winners in the batting order.
A lot of spin all-rounders have been picked who are extremely talented and Pakistan would want to use all their players properly.
Pakistan’s weakness is not new, it has been there for many years. Even though they are the defending champions, they lost to them in the 2024 T20 and could not even qualify. They lost to Afghanistan in the 2023 ODI World Cup. This team keeps going up and down. Pakistan team is predictable, this is a big challenge for them. This is a big opportunity for Pakistan because the tournament is being played at home.
Fakhar Zaman, Saud Shakeel, Babar Azam, Mohammad Rizwan (c), Salman Ali Agha, Khushdil Shah, Faheem Ashraf, Shaheen Shah Afridi, Naseem Shah, Haris Rauf, Abrar Ahmed.
Pakistan’s batting will revolve around Babar Azam, Mohammad Rizwan and Fakhar Zaman. Everyone will also keep an eye on Saud Shakeel, Abrar Ahmed and Khushdil Shah to see how they perform.
