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Asia Cup 2025 Pakistan’s captain ready for Super Four match against India Salman Ali Aga Has expressed confidence in the capacity of his team.

Can Pakistan avenge its defeat to India?

After Pakistan’s easy victory over the United Arab Emirates (UAE), Aga admitted that Pakistan bowlers are playing well, but if the defeat in group-stage against India is to be avenged, batting will have to be improved further. Aga said, “We are ready for any challenge. We just want to play good cricket. If we continue to play good cricket like the last few months, I think we will do well against any team.”

Pakistan’s batting is being questioned throughout the tournament. The team could only score 127 runs against India and lost by seven wickets. After that, Pakistan was also able to score only 146/9 against UAE. Although the lower order has shown some flexibility, the middle overs (7 to 15) have repeatedly disappointed the team.

Agha admitted, “We have completed the work, but we had to bat better in the middle overs. The bowlers performed well. We have not done our best till now. If we batted well, we could have reached 170-180 runs.” The captain’s point of showing a major weakness of Pakistan – the flop of the procession. Batsmen like Sam Ayub and Khushdil Shah have not yet met expectations. India’s bowlers are in great form at the moment, so Pakistan will have to show fast intentions and stability in the middle overs. Shaheen Afridi has brought a big difference in Pakistan’s batting. He has proved to be a surprise package with the bat and is saving the team by scoring important runs in the lower order. His fast innings against both India and the UAE pulled Pakistan out of the bad situation. Agha praised him and said, “Shaheen’s contribution in batting has been priceless. He has given us runs when we needed him the most.”

In bowling, Abrar Ahmed has also influenced everyone with his diversity and control. He has broken partnerships on important occasions many times. Aga believes that Shaheen’s all -round game and Abrar’s spin could prove to be decisive in the next match against India.

India has a psychological edge over Pakistan

India, showing dominance in a group-stage match, allotted Pakistan for only 127 runs and easily achieved the target. The Indian team captained by Suryakumar Yadav is in a spectacular form. In such a situation, Pakistan knows that if it wants to avoid such a situation again, then the level of its batting will have to be improved.

Aga admitted that India has an edge at the moment, but he says that Pakistan can return: “We have not batted according to our real potential. As soon as we will do it, we will become a strong challenge for any team.” India-Pakistan rivalry should not make a bigger issue, but the controversy over not joining hands in the last match made it more interesting. After initially, after the complaints and boycott threats, Pakistan has now focused all the attention to cricket. Aga said clearly that her team does not want to get entangled in the things outside the field, but is leaving politics and focusing only on performance.

Dubai ready for another banging match

This much awaited match will be played on Sunday, September 21 at Dubai International Stadium. Millions of spectators are expected to arrive, making it one of the most watched matches of Asia Cup 2025. For Pakistan, it is not only for victory, but also to get back its reputation, remove the weak -term weaknesses and show that they can compete with India in a state of pressure. This match will be another opportunity for India to maintain their dominance and increase the strong step towards reaching the finals.