Asia Cup 2025 Pakistan Ignored XI, Babar Azam Named as Captain

Asia Cup 2025 is going to start from September 09, 2025, in the UAE. Pakistan has been a hot topic for fans as the key players were not added in the squad, and the team's performance is not upto the mark in recent times. The Players like Babar Azam and Mohammad Rizwan are missing from the Pakistan Squad for the Asia Cup 2025.

Pakistan has been struggling a lot in the ICC Tournaments in the past few years; they also failed to qualify even for the knockouts in the ICC Men's T20 World Cup 2024 last year. However, Pakistan is trying to go with a new and young team this time and will be hoping to win the trophy.

A lot of quality players were ignored by the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) while announcing the Pakistan Asia Cup 2025 Squad. Shadab Khan, Imad Wasim, and Iftikhar Ahmed, who used to be the backbone of Pakistan's middle order in the past few years but, aren't in the team now.

The Babar Azam and Rizwan Controversy?

Before the squad was announced, everyone was expecting both the star players in the team but this move by PCB shocked everyone as the selectors aimed at rebuilding and trying new players ahead of the important tournaments like the T20 World Cup 2026.

Pakistan Ignored Playing XI for Asia Cup 2025:

1. Mohmmad Rizwan

2. usman Khan

3. Iftikhar Ahmed

4. Azam Khan

5. Asif Ali

6. Imad Wasim

7. Shadab Khan

8. Naseem Shah

9. Abbas Afridi

10. Zaman Khan

Who is Leading Pakistan in the Asia Cup 2025?

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Salman Ali Agha will be leading the Pakistan National Cricket Team in the Asia Cup 2025, he is a young talent player, but again, his form is a huge concern for the team. In the UAE T20I Tri-Series 2025, except for the first game, where he played a good knock of 53 runs, he scored a total of 32 runs in the next three games.

Despite all of this, He is doing good captaincy, using his players effectively in the matches, especially in the pressure games. This is a good opportunity for him to lead the Pakistan Cricket Team at the world stage in all-format.

Pakistan Squad for the Asia Cup 2025:

Salman Ali Agha (Captain), Shaheen Afridi, Saim Ayub, Abrar Ahmed, Fakhar Zaman, Haris Rauf, Hasan Ali, Hasan Nawaz, Khushdil Shah, Mohammad Haris (WK), Mohammad Nawaz, Mohammad Wasim Jr., Sahibzada Farhan, Hussain Talat, Salman Mirza, Faheem Ashraf, Sufyan Moqim.

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