Changes are certain to be made in the playing-11 for Pakistan’s next match.Image Credit source: PTI
Pakistan’s performance in ICC tournaments against Team India remains the same. The Pakistani team, which had suffered defeats against Team India in the last several tournaments, surrendered in the T20 World Cup 2026 match. Like always, this time also there is turmoil and noise in Pakistani cricket after the defeat against India. There is a demand to drop some players from the team forever, out of which star batsman Babar Azam and fast bowler Shaheen Shah Afridi seem certain to be the culprit.
In the match played in Colombo on Sunday 15 February pakistani team Hardly anyone would have expected what happened. On the pitch on which Team India scored 175 runs, the Pakistani team was able to cross the 100 mark with great difficulty and lost by 61 runs. Experienced players like Babar Azam, Shaheen Afridi, Shadab Khan, Mohammad Nawaz disappointed the Pakistani team the most and could not leave any kind of impact.
Will not get a chance against Namibia!
Due to this, there is now a demand to drop these players from the team and there is a possibility of this happening. According to Pakistan’s Geo News, it seems certain that Babar Azam and Shaheen Afridi will be dropped from the playing eleven in the last match of the group stage against Namibia. It is important for Pakistan to win this match, only then it will be able to reach Super-8. If Salman Aga’s team does not win this match, then it will be eliminated from the first round for the second time in a row.
Babar-Shaheen failed miserably
The pitch of Premadasa Stadium was considered difficult for fast bowlers. Despite this, Pakistan expected better performance from Shaheen Afridi. But the left arm pacer gave away 31 runs in just 2 overs. On the contrary, Hardik Pandya and Jasprit Bumrah took 4 wickets for India on the same pitch. On the other hand, Babar Azam, who often comes under the scanner due to his slow batting, in the match where he was required and expected to handle the innings, in the same match, he got out after scoring only 5 runs while trying to hit a big shot in the beginning.
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