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Quote from: virasog on August 25, 2025, 05:33:02 PM

Pakistani bowlers did their best. Saad Masood got three wickets while Muhammad Waseem got two and Faisal Akram did defensive bowling and also got a single wicket. Mehran Mumtaz got two wickets, and at the end of the innings, they were very happy and feeling proud of their job, but their batting disappointed them.
Yasir Khan was out on duck and Maaz on 5. Khawaja Nafay was looking for a partnership, but nothing good happened and after scoring about 26 runs, he also got out. At that time, the situation of the match was clearly changed and at the end Pakistan team got all out at 107.

I think Pakistan Shaheens lost that match and responsibilities lie on every player, they cannot blame a single player. The batting lineup truly failed to carry runs and showed no discipline, hence the team got out quickly.

When all the things were going against Pakistan Shaheens, their final hope was Irfan Khan, the captain of the team, because in the very last game of Pakistan against Nepal, Irfan Khan played the innings of 46 runs and Pakistan won that game by a single run. However, if we look from the point of view of the winning team, they first defeated Pakistan Shaheens and then went on to win the final also.

Pakistan Shaheens had a very disappointing performance in the second semi-final. Seven batters failed to enter double figures while two batters were out on duck. Overall Pakistan Shaheens is dominating in the top end T20 series group stages matches but in the second semi-final Pakistan's top-order batsman has not performed well which is a big reason for Pakistan Shaheens defeat. If you look at the points table in the Top end T20 series Pakistan finished second winning won four matches out of six and loses only two matches with eight points. The target of 156 runs was achievable If Pakistan's top order and middle order play responsibly, then Pakistan can win the Top end T20 series.