RAWALPINDI: Pakistan captain Mohammad Rizwan expressed disappointment over his team’s poor performance in the ICC Champions Trophy 2025 campaign, vowing to learn from their mistakes.
The hosts and defending champions, Pakistan, crashed out of the tournament after successive defeats at the hands of New Zealand and India.
The Men in Green’s final group game against Bangladesh was abandoned due to rain, leaving the 2017 edition winners with out a win in their first ICC event hosted in nearly three decades.
Following the above-mentioned fixture washout, Rizwan reflected on the team’s poor performances and the shortcomings in the eight-nation tournament.
“We wanted to do well and perform well in front of our nation. The expectations are very high. We didn’t perform well and it is disappointing for us,” said Rizwan.
The skipper further emphasized the importance of learning from mistakes and vowed not to repeat similar mistakes in the series against New Zealand.
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“You can learn from your mistakes, and we have looked at our mistakes in this tournament and the Tri-Nation series and by the will of Almighty Allah, we will look to work on them.”
“Our next tour is of New Zealand, hopefully we will perform there since we have made a lot of mistakes against them here,” he remarked.
Mohammad Rizwan highlighted the disturbance of combination due to the absence of their regular opener Saim Ayub’s injury, refraining from making it an excuse.
“When a player who has performed in the last two to three series in Australia and South Africa, and he gets injured, so the team will get disturbed,” Rizwan said.
“As a leader, you have to look forward since there are other players in the Pakistan team too. This is not an excuse and we will learn from them,” the skipper said.
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The wicket-keeper batter also shed light on the Pakistan team’s bench strength, mentioning that he will pay attention to the players participating in the Domestic tournament, the ‘Champions Cup’.
“We want improvements in different things. If we want to improve, and for Pakistan to have a high standard, we need awareness, and professionalism. We see that in the Champions Cup, but we need more improvement,” he concluded.
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