Pakistan selectors have announced the team for the Tri -series to be held in the Asia Cup 2025 and before that. Babar Azam and Mohammad Rizwan have not been included in this 17 -member team. After the team’s announcement, Chief Selector Aqib Javed said what India vs Pakistan match is going viral.

2 big players of Pakistan Babar Azam and Mohammad Rizwan are not part of the T20 team, both did not play any matches in this format this year. It was already believed to be out of the Asia Cup team, about Babur-Rijwan, who was constantly dropping, this happened. While fast bowler Shaheen Shah Afridi has got a place.

The Asia Cup will start from 9 September, in which the India vs Pakistan match is scheduled on 14 September. This time the Asia Cup is to be played in T20 format. This will play T20 tri -series in Pakistan, UAE and Afghanistan Sharjah before the tournament.

This team can beat India- Aqib Javed

After the team’s announcement, Pakistan’s Chief Selector Aqib Javed said, “It has the ability in this Pakistan team that it can beat India in the Asia Cup. Whether you like me or not, India vs Pakistan is the biggest match in the world. Every player knows this.”

What did Babar Azam say when he was dropped from the Asia Cup, Head Coach Mike Hessen

At the press conference after the team’s announcement, Pakistan’s head coach Mike Hessen said, “Babar Azam has been asked to play against the spin, improving the strike rate and some other areas. They are working hard. He is working hard. He has got a chance to play in the Big Bash League, he is improving T20. He is not so good that he has not considered his name.”

India is included in Oman and UAE Group A along with Pakistan. The second group consists of Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Hong Kong and Sri Lanka. In the group stage, all the teams will play 1-1 matches with their group teams, after which both the top 2 teams of both the groups will go to Super 4, here too all the teams will play 3-3 matches, after which the final collision between the top 2 teams will be held on September 28.

Players selected in Pakistan team

Salman Ali Aga (captain), Fakhar Zaman, Faheem Ashraf, Abrar Ahmed, Mohammad Haris (wicketkeeper), Hasan Ali, Khushdil Shah, Hasan Nawaz, Hussain Talat, Mohammad Nawaz, Mohammad Wasim Jr., Saim Ayub, Haris Rauf, Sahibzada Farhan, Sufiyan Mokim, Salman Mirja, Shaheen Shah Afridi.

Babar Azam and Mohammad Rizwan T20 Career in Danger? Babar Azam and Mohammad Rizwan last played a T20 match for Pakistan in December 2024. After this, both the players are running out of the team. After which questions started raising questions about the future in Babur and Rizwan’s T20 International. Now Aqib Javed, director of National High Performance Center, has rejected these rumors. He has said that the doors are open for any player who consistently perform well.

What did Javed say about the place in Babur-Rijwan’s T20 team?

Javed said during the press conference, “Whether Babur or any other player, the game is open to all. If Babur or someone performs well, he will get his place. Anyone can move forward thanks to his performance.”

He added, “The players are aware of which format they are best. There are many challenges and they should be ready to face them.”

Babur-Rizwan was ignored in the last two series

Babur and Rizwan last played T20 matches against South Africa in December 2024. Since then, both the players have not got a place in the team. After South Africa, Pakistan team went to play a 5 -match T20 series on New Zealand tour. Babur-Rijwan was dropped for the first time on this tour. After this, he did not get a chance to play in the home series against Bangladesh.

Babur is the second highest run -scorer in T20 International

Babur is not able to make a place in the T20 International team today. But he is the second highest run -scorer in the history of T20 International. Babur has scored 4223 runs in 128 matches. There is Rohit Sharma at number one. He has scored 4231 runs. If Babur will score 9 more runs, then he will become the highest run -scorer in T20 International. At the same time, Rizwan has scored 3414 runs in T20 International.

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