DUBAI: Pakistan captain Salman Ali Agha has expressed confidence in his facet’s capacity to problem any group after sealing a spot within the Tremendous 4 stage of the ACC Males’s T20 Asia Cup 2025.
The qualification got here after a tense day of uncertainty, and Pakistan lastly stepped onto the sphere on the Dubai Worldwide Cricket Stadium for his or her final group match towards the United Arab Emirates.
They put in a powerful all-round efficiency to beat the UAE by 41 runs and safe their spot within the subsequent spherical of the eight-team occasion.
Put into bat first, the Inexperienced Shirts wanted a swashbuckling cameo from their quantity 9 batter, Shaheen Shah Afridi, after Fakhar Zaman’s half-century up the order, to build up a good complete of 146/9 in 20 overs.
Following Zaman’s dismissal within the 14th over, Pakistan misplaced wickets at an alarming fee and had slipped to 110/7 in 16.5 overs till Shaheen compelled restoration with an unbeaten 29 off simply 14 deliveries with the assistance of three fours and two sixes.
Though the full in the end proved enough for his or her bowlers to defend, Pakistan captain Agha reiterated their struggles with the bat, particularly within the center overs.
The all-rounder asserted that they’re but to bat at their greatest, with which they will breach the 170-run barrier whatever the opposition.
“We bought the job completed, however we nonetheless want to enhance our batting within the center order. That is been a priority and one thing we have to work on,” stated Agha.
“Other than that, we did an excellent job. We have not batted at our greatest but…we’re nonetheless simply discovering our approach to 150. If we bat properly within the center overs, we will push it to 170 regardless of the opposition,” he added.
Agha then lauded left-arm pacer Shaheen for his batting exploits and credited top-order batter Saim Ayub for chipping in essential phases of the sport with the ball.
“Shaheen’s batting has improved a lot–he’s already nice with the ball. Saim is somebody who has been bringing us again into video games, and I hope he can proceed like this until the top,” Agha continued.
When requested in regards to the Tremendous 4 problem, Agha expressed his group’s readiness, stating that they will compete with any opposition.
“We’re prepared for any problem, and if we hold enjoying the best way we have now during the last 4 months, we’ll be good towards any facet.”
