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Pakistan duo Noor Zaman and Nasir Iqbal claimed the silver medal at the Asian Doubles Squash Championship 2025 in Sarawak, Malaysia, after going down in a closely-contested final against India’s top-seeded pair Abhay Singh and Velavan Senthilkumar.
The final lasted 88 minutes and saw Pakistan lose 1-2 with game scores of 11-9, 5-11, 5-11.
The Indian team had beaten Pakistan’s Muhammad Asim Khan and Farhan Mehboob in straight games to secure their spot in the final.
Despite the defeat, the Pakistani pair’s spirited performance throughout the tournament earned them widespread praise and a well-deserved place on the podium.
They reached the final after edging out Malaysia’s Syafiq Kamal and Duncan Lee in a tense semi-final that went the distance.
The match ended 2-1 in Pakistan’s favour, with game scores of 10-11, 11-9, 11-9 in a match that lasted over an hour.
Earlier, in the quarterfinals, the Pakistani pair Noor Zaman and Nasir Iqbal overcame Korea’s Jiang Min Ryu and Jaijin Yoo 2-1 (11-3, 5-11, 11-4) to move into the last four.
Their journey to the knockouts was sealed after a straight-sets victory over Chinese Taipei’s Chi Yu-Wei and Chen Ching-Fu (11-2, 11-9) in their final group-stage fixture.
Their Asian Doubles Squash Championship 2025 campaign had begun with back-to-back wins on Monday, as Noor and Nasir recorded convincing victories over the Philippines and South Korea to set the tone.
Individually, Noor Zaman, the reigning World U-23 champion, had earlier featured in the Asian Individual Championship but exited in the pre-quarterfinal stage following a five-game loss to Malaysia’s Joachim Chuah, with the young Pakistani struggling with a back spasm during the contest.
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