Former India player turned commentator Aakash Chopra has said that Pakistan crumble under pressure is one of their weaknesses ahead of the 2025 Champions Trophy as well. He added that they were eliminated in the preliminary stages of the last two ICC events as well. The 2025 Champions Trophy will take place in three cities in Pakistan and Dubai in the UAE from February 19 onwards. Pakistan head into the
tournament as the defending champions, having won the 2017 edition after beating India in the final as well.
In a video shared on his YouTube channel ‘Aakash Chopra’, he said, “Pakistan’s weakness is not a weakness of today. It’s a perennial weakness. Of course, they are the defending champions in the Champions Trophy, but the truth is that they get stuck under pressure. They lost to the USA in the last ICC event (2024 T20 World Cup) and didn’t qualify for the second round.”
“They reached the final in the 2022 T20 World Cup for sure but they were totally missing in the 2023 ODI World Cup. So this is a team that just implodes under pressure. They just go completely missing. So you will have to agree that is one of Pakistan’s weaknesses,” Chopra further added.
In the same video, Aakash Chopra also chose Pakistan’s inconsistency as their other weakness heading into the tournament as well.
“Secondly, they are inconsistent. Their graph goes up and down. They rarely have a flat line. They are probably like their country. Their country also goes like that, up and down. The same is reflected in their cricket team. They are volatile. They are an unpredictable side. Pakistan’s middle name is unpredictable. So imploding under pressure and an unpredictable side, those are a couple of issues. Can Pakistan overcome that? That is my question mark because they will be under pressure,” Aakash Chopra concluded.
