Captains struggle in Asia Cup (photo: Getty images)
Asia cup 2025 final: India and Pakistan are going to fight in the final of the Asia Cup. For the first time in the 41-year history of the tournament, both teams will face face to face in the finals. Before this historic final, India and Pakistan are being harassed the same concern. Both teams have the same helplessness and when will the captain score? In the Asia Cup 2025, this problem has not only been with the captains of India-Pakistan, but the struggle of the captains of all the teams has been seen here. But since now India-Pakistan is face to face in the final, the question is more about their captains?
Captains faded in Asia Cup 2025
Former Pakistan all -rounder Shoaib Malik has made a strong statement on the struggle of the captains in the Asia Cup 2025. But, before coming on it, it is important to look at the performance of the captains. After all, how he has been seen struggling with his form.
Bangladesh captain Litton Das has scored 119 runs in 4 innings with an average of 29.75 and a strike rate of 129.34. During this, he has scored 1 half -century. Sri Lankan captain Charish Asalanka has scored 70 runs in 5 innings, with a strike rate of 134.61 and an average of 17.50. Zakir Ali also took command of Bangladesh, but he could not even score more than 9 runs in 2 innings.
India-Pakistan is also helpless with its captain
Talking about the captains of India and Pakistan, Suryakumar Yadav has scored just 59 runs in 4 innings played before the Asia Cup 2025 final and a strike rate of 111.12 and an average of 29.50. At the same time, the graph of the performance of Pakistan captain Salman Ali Aga is worse. He has scored just 64 runs in 6 innings with an average of 12.80 and a strike rate of 78.04.
Shoaib Malik told the captains due to faded performance
The confusion in front of the teams of India and Pakistan is that now the question is of the final, where the helplessness of the captains can cause any problem for either of the teams. Former Pakistan all -rounder Shoaib Malik has spoken very directly about the poor performance of the captains in the Asia Cup 2025.
He said that from anywhere it does not seem that the poor performance that has been seen is due to the pressure of captaincy. According to Shoaib, the graph of the performance of the captains is more due to their over confidence. They believe that yes I am captain.