Asia Cup 2025: Predicting Pakistan’s playing XI vs Bangladesh, Super Fours, Match 5

The fifth match of the Asia Cup 2025 Super Fours stage will be played between Pakistan and Bangladesh on September 25. The match will be played at the Dubai International Cricket Stadium in Dubai.

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Pakistan lost their first Super Four stage game to India, though they managed to avoid serious damage to their net run rate. Now they need to win against Bangladesh to remain alive in contention for the Asia Cup 2025 final. If they lose this match, it might be curtains for the Pakistan team in the tournament.

Here is the predicted Pakistan playing XI vs Bangladesh, Super Fours, Match 5 of Asia Cup 2025:

Sahibzada Farhan and Fakhar Zaman are set to open the inning for Pakistan. Farhan did well twice against India and has scored 132 runs with a strike rate of 101.53 in four games with a best score of 58. Zaman has scored 105 runs with a strike rate of 138.15 in four games, with the best score of 50. Saim Ayub has scored 21 runs in four games, including three zeroes, and it seems he might be replaced.

Mohammad Haris has been the best with 87 runs in four games with a strike rate of 140.32 and a best score of 66. Hasan Nawaz has played three games, scoring 17 runs. Salman Agha has scored 40 runs with a strike rate of 75.47, with a best score of 20. He hasn’t bowled in the Asia Cup.

Mohammad Nawaz has scored 44 runs with a strike rate of 125.71 and has taken one wicket in 4 games. Faheem Ashraf has taken three wickets and scored 39 runs with a strike rate of 150 and a best score of 20*.

Shaheen Afridi has taken three wickets in four games thus far with a best of 2/16 and has also scored 64 runs with a strike rate of 206.45. Haris Rauf has been the best bowler with four wickets with an economy of 6.75 and best bowling of 2/19. Abrar Ahmed might be dropped in favor of Sufiyan Muqeem. Abrar has taken four wickets in 4 games, while Muqeem has taken 2 wickets in two games.

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Predicting Pakistan’s playing XI:

Sahibzada Farhan, Fakhar Zaman, Saim Ayub, Mohammad Haris (WK), Hasan Nawaz, Salman Agha (C), Mohammad Nawaz, Faheem Ashraf, Shaheen Afridi, Haris Rauf, Sufiyan Muqeem.

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