What I learned from Pak vs SA T20i series 2025

Winning the series is good and all but we shouldn't forget the weak links in our team.

Starting off with our opening pair Farhan and Saim ayub both having a dot ball percentage of around 40% making their aerial play have the same end result as the grounded play of Babar and Rizwan, but the problem with these 2 players is very different.

Starting off with Farhan. He sees the new ball very well and plays it for dots until the ball is in his area, after which he'll go for a six. Which in my books seems to be a start of a promising future and if he learns to hit the ball in the gaps to rotate strike instead of playing them for dots, he'll be a killer opener. He is better suited for a one down position for now as he is a clean hitter of the ball and would be able to do that best when the ball is old.

Saim ayub on the other hand doesn't see the new ball well at all and tries to hit the ball hard without getting any bat on the ball. I would've argued that he is better suited for the middle order if he hadn't choked in high pressure games. He gave an easy catch in the first match and made twelve runs just from edges. He is not good enough for international cricket yet. His Odi centuries has the same pattern he misses the new ball and only hits it when the ball is old, making him useless as a top order batsmen.

Babar should open for Pakistan as he is a sensible player and can hit between the gaps very well, he can play upto a strike rate of 200 while chasing but he is out of form at the moment and won't be able to do so so he needs a solid opener alongside him, Rizwan was good enough and had the ability to go for the big shots while babar would get comfortable with the ball after which he too would catch up with him, but he is also out of form so I'm thinking Fakhar could open with Babar.

Meanwhile Usman the spin specialist is no specialist. He gets out on spin balls and is absolute shit on fast balls. He should go back to UAE as he is not a worthy replacement for Haris. I would rather have him than Usman Khan in the team. Both Haris and Rizwan can fill up his replacement.

Salman Ali Agha should be removed from the t20i squad, everyone knows he is not good enough for T20, he is slow and if you're going to have him on the team then why not Rizwan, his exlusion seems unjustified by having Agha in the team. I would say get Shadab Khan back and make Hasan Nawaz play at his position and Shadab at Hasan Nawaz's Position.