Pakistan cricket team is on a roller coaster ride. In a few months, they are about to host their first ICC tournament after several years and on the other hand, their team is struggling in the T20 format. Pakistan won their first test series against England and won their first ODI series against Australia. In this article, we will tell you everything you need to know.
Pakistan was one of the strongest T20 teams in the world. They won the T20 World Cup title in 2009 and since then they have achieved the title of unpredictable in ICC tournaments. Talking about their recent success in T20 cricket, they played semi-finals of the 2021 T20 World Cup in Dubai and were finalists of the 2022 T20 World Cup in Australia.
Things changed after the 2022 World Cup when they started losing games against small teams like Zimbabwe, and Afghanistan and recently against the USA in the 2024 T20 World Cup. They lost many matches on their home soil when visiting teams with their benched and second-list players gave them competition. Pakistan has not won a single T20 series against top-ranked ICC nations in the past two years.
Looking at the current scenario where Pakistan is now in 7th position in the ICC T20 team rankings they can be on the verge of playing the qualifiers of the 2028 T20 World Cup. They need to change the style of playing T20 cricket and their senior players are required to step up for their team.
