Asia Cup 2025: Predicting Pakistan playing XI vs India, Match 5

Pakistan will take on India in match 6 of the Asia Cup 2025 tournament. This match will be played at the Dubai International Cricket Stadium in Dubai on September 14, 2025.

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Pakistan is coming off a tri-series win that also involved Afghanistan and the UAE. Under new coach Mike Hesson, Pakistan shuffled their T20I squad, and the new-look team has dominated the shortest format of international cricket.

However, they face their stiffest challenge in the Asia Cup, going up against the T20 World Champions and No. 1 ranked team India, in an exciting clash with all eyes on the game due to recent happenings between the two countries.

Here is the predicted Pakistan playing XI against India in match 5 of the Asia Cup:

The Pakistan top order is likely to consist of Saim Ayub, Sahibzada Farhan, and Fakhar Zaman. Pakistan’s new T20I openers, Sahibzada Farhan and Saim Ayub, have performed admirably. Ayub has done better, scoring 816 runs in 41 games with four fifties at a strike rate of 136.45, compared to Farhan, who has 378 runs in 20 games at a strike rate of 130.34 with three fifties.

Mohammad Haris, Salman Agha (489 runs and four wickets in 25 T20Is), Hasan Nawaz (432 runs in 19 T20Is, SR: 167.44), and Fakhar Zaman (2,104 runs in 102 T20Is, SR: 132.24) will make up the Pakistani middle order. Haris has scored 424 runs in T20Is, including one century.

Mohammad Nawaz will be the all-rounder. He has 638 runs and 70 wickets in 71 T20Is. Pakistan might play two specialist spinners against India—Abrar Ahmed and Sufiyan Muqeem. Abrar has made an impression in T20s but has only taken 23 wickets in 16 T20Is. Muqeem has 25 wickets in 17 games with an economy of 6.29 and best bowling figures of 5/3.

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The fast-bowling attack from Pakistan will be led by Shaheen Afridi, who has 108 wickets at an economy of 7.77, and Haris Rauf, who has 124 wickets at an economy of 8.34.

Predicted Pakistan playing XI: Saim Ayub, Sahibzada Farhan, Fakhar Zaman, Salman Ali Agha (C), Hasan Nawaz, Mohammad Haris (WK), Mohammad Nawaz, Shaheen Afridi, Haris Rauf, Abrar Ahmed, Sufiyan Muqeem.

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