Pakistan cricket team has always been the heartbeat of cricket fans. Whenever Pakistan cricket team takes the field in any event, the excitement of cricket fans is palpable. Due to this excitement, a wonderful tournament is being held in August 2025 and is being called the Tri Series Pakistan. Three teams are participating in this Tri Series, which is Pakistan, Afghanistan, and UAE, Which will help these teams prepare for the upcoming Asia Cup 2025.
Tri series Pakistan August 2025 schedule
The Tri Series will start from August 29th at the Sharjah Cricket Stadium in Pakistan and will continue till September 7th, 2025. In the Tri Series, each team will play two matches against the other team. In this format, the top two teams will play.
Match Schedule
August 29 – Pakistan vs Afghanistan – 7pm
30th August – Pakistan vs UAE – 7pm
September 2 – Afghanistan vs Pakistan – 7pm
September 4 – Pakistan vs UAE
September 5 – Afghanistan vs UAE
7th September – Final – 7pm
Pakistan squad for Tri series Pakistan
The Pakistan Cricket Board has announced a 17-member squad for the Tri series Pakistan. Former Pakistan captain Babar Azam and Mohammad Rizwan, who are senior players, were not included in this squad. The team has been led by Salman Ali Agha.
Pakistan Squad
Salman Ali Agha
Saim Ayub
Fakhar Zaman
Muhammad Haris
Sahibzada Farhan
Hasan Nawaz
Fahim Ashraf
Muhmmad Nawaz
Abrar Ahmad
Sufiyan Muqeem
Shaheen Shah Afridi
Haris Rauf
Salman Mirza
Hasan Ali
Muhammad Wasim Junior
Hussain Talat
Khushdil Shah
Status of key players
Pakistan cricket team has a bowler named Shaheen Shah Afridi who is famous for taking wickets in the first over.
Opening batsmen like Saim Ayub and Fakhar Zaman who can put pressure on the opposition team
Sufyan Muqeem and Abrar Ahmed can quickly defeat the opposing team with their spinning magic.
Middle-order batsman Hassan Nawaz is in great form.
Pakistan team's preparation for the Pakistan tri series
The Tri Series Pakistan is not just a series, but the coaching staff’s strategy for the upcoming Asia Cup 2025 is to give young players a chance to improve the team’s performance in big events.
The team management’s idea of keeping senior players Mohammad Rizwan and Babar Azam out of the Pakistan cricket team is to focus only on the young team. Although this decision is a bit risky, it could prove useful for the coming years.
Tri series challenges
Afghanistan team’s brilliant spinning will be a big challenge for Pakistan team
Although UAE is a weak team, they can handle the conditions.
Cricket fans' hopes
The people of Pakistan are expecting a better performance from their team. The fans are hopeful that Pakistan will win the tri-series. And they are looking forward to a good performance from the new talent.
Conclusion
The tri-series is a special opportunity for Pakistan’s national team where they can prepare well for the Asia Cup 2025 and try to correct their mistakes. Pakistan still has new young talents who have played very few major events and Babar and Rizwan are also not in the team which is a big setback for Pakistan. But hopefully the young Pakistani talent will perform brilliantly.