Pakistan captain Salman Ali Agha talking throughout a post-match discuss on September 18, 2025. — X@dhillow_
DUBAI: Pakistan captain Salman Ali Agha has expressed confidence in his aspect’s means to problem any crew after sealing a spot within the Tremendous 4 stage of the ACC Males’s T20 Asia Cup 2025.
The qualification got here after a tense day of uncertainty, and Pakistan lastly stepped onto the sector on the Dubai Worldwide Cricket Stadium for his or her final group match towards the United Arab Emirates.
They put in a powerful all-round efficiency to beat the UAE by 41 runs and safe their spot within the subsequent spherical of the eight-team occasion.
Put into bat first, the Inexperienced Shirts wanted a swashbuckling cameo from their quantity 9 batter, Shaheen Shah Afridi, after Fakhar Zaman’s half-century up the order, to build up an honest complete of 146/9 in 20 overs.
Though the full finally proved ample for his or her bowlers to defend, Pakistan captain Agha reiterated their struggles with the bat, particularly within the center overs.
The all-rounder asserted that they’re but to bat at their finest, with which they will breach the 170-run barrier whatever the opposition.
“We got the job done, but we still need to improve our batting in the middle order. That’s been a concern and something we need to work on,” mentioned Agha.
“Apart from that, we did a good job. We haven’t batted at our best yet…we’re still just finding our way to 150. If we bat well in the middle overs, we can push it to 170 no matter the opposition,” he added.
Agha then lauded left-arm pacer Shaheen for his batting exploits and credited top-order batter Saim Ayub for chipping in essential levels of the sport with the ball.
“Shaheen’s batting has improved a lot–he’s already great with the ball. Saim is someone who has been bringing us back into games, and I hope he can continue like this till the end,” Agha continued.
When requested concerning the Tremendous 4 problem, Agha expressed his crew’s readiness, stating that they will compete with any opposition.
“We’re ready for any challenge, and if we keep playing the way we have over the last four months, we’ll be good against any side.”
