‘It is a perennial weak point’: Ex-India cricketer highlights Pakistan’s weaknesses forward of Champions Trophy – The Occasions of India

NEW DELHI: With only a few days to go for the ICC Champions Trophy 2025, former Indian cricketer Aakash Chopra has identified Pakistan’s tendency to crumble underneath stress as a key weak point forward of the event. Regardless of being the defending champions from the final version in 2017, Pakistan have struggled in current ICC occasions, failing to progress past the group stage in each the 2023 ODI World Cup and the 2024 T20 World Cup.
Talking on his YouTube channel, Chopra did not mince phrases whereas assessing Pakistan’s psychological frailties in high-pressure conditions.
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“Pakistan’s weak point shouldn’t be a weak point of as we speak. It is a perennial weak point. After all, they’re the defending champions within the Champions Trophy, however the fact is that they get caught underneath stress. They misplaced to the USA within the final ICC occasion (2024 T20 World Cup) and did not qualify for the second spherical,” Chopra remarked.

Pakistan’s erratic performances in main tournaments have raised issues about their capacity to deal with crunch conditions. Whereas they managed to succeed in the 2022 T20 World Cup last, their 2023 ODI World Cup marketing campaign was disastrous, the place they did not make the semi-finals.
Chopra additional highlighted Pakistan’s inconsistency as a significant disadvantage heading into the event.
“They’re inconsistent. Their graph goes up and down. They not often have a flat line. They’re most likely like their nation. Their nation additionally goes like that, up and down. The identical is mirrored of their cricket workforce,” he said.
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Pakistan’s unpredictability has lengthy been a double-edged sword. Whereas they’ll pull off gorgeous victories, they’ve additionally suffered surprising defeats. Chopra believes that this risky nature provides to their troubles.
“They’re risky. They’re an unpredictable facet. Pakistan’s center title is unpredictable. So imploding underneath stress and an unpredictable facet, these are a few points. Can Pakistan overcome that? That’s my query mark as a result of they are going to be underneath stress,” Chopra added.
With dwelling benefit within the Pakistan leg of the event, Mohammad Rizwan and Co. might be eager to dispel doubts about their capacity to deal with stress. Nevertheless, with their high-profile conflict towards India on February 23 in Dubai, the true take a look at of their psychological energy will come early within the competitors.