Pakistan Have Lost 12 Of Their Last 16 Tests. They Just Lost To Bangladesh Again. And Nobody Seems To Know How To Stop It.

 

There is a line that ESPNcricinfo — the most widely read cricket website in the world — published this week that stopped a lot of people in their tracks.

"The 1960s were wretched for Pakistan. The late 2000s awful. Right now might be worst of all."

Read that again. Not a social media account. Not an angry fan. ESPNcricinfo. The publication that covers cricket more carefully and more thoroughly than any other. And their verdict on Pakistan cricket in 2026 is that it might be the lowest point in the country's entire Test history.

It is a sentence that deserves to be taken seriously. Because the numbers behind it are not exaggerated. They are simply the record.

Since Shan Masood took over as Pakistan's Test captain in late 2023, Pakistan have won four matches and lost twelve in sixteen Tests. Twelve losses. In sixteen matches. A win percentage of 25 percent. The second-highest number of defeats for any Pakistan captain — and Masood has done it in far fewer matches than the only man ahead of him on that list.

They have been bowled out for 146 at home against Bangladesh. They lost a home series to England 3-0. They were whitewashed 3-0 in Australia. They lost in South Africa despite having the game in their hands multiple times. And last week, in Sylhet, they became the first Pakistan team in history to lose a Test series in Bangladesh — 2-0, the same scoreline that started all of this in Rawalpindi in 2024.

The same mistakes. The same collapses. The same post-match press conferences where the captain says the right things and nothing changes. That is the Pakistan Test cricket story of 2026. And it is getting harder and harder to find a reason to believe it is going to get better any time soon.

Australia Are Coming To Pakistan Without Their Best Players. Pakistan Have Just Lost A Test Series To Bangladesh. May 30 Cannot Come Soon Enough.

 

In nine days, two cricket teams with completely different problems arrive at Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium for the first of three ODIs that both of them desperately need.

Pakistan need it because they have just lost a Test series to Bangladesh. At home. In Sylhet. A result so unexpected, so damaging to the confidence of a team already dealing with questions about their direction and leadership, that captain Shan Masood stood in front of the cameras afterwards and said his side needed to find the "root causes" of their recurring failures. He was not wrong. But finding root causes and fixing them before May 30 are two very different things.

Australia need it because the team arriving in Pakistan is not quite the Australia that won the ODI World Cup. Pat Cummins is in Kolkata finishing the IPL season. Mitchell Starc is in Hyderabad. Josh Hazlewood is in Bengaluru. The fast bowling attack that has made Australia the most feared white-ball team in world cricket for the last three years is scattered across Indian franchise grounds, watching their IPL contracts through to the end.

What arrives on Pakistani soil on May 23 is an Australia squad that Mitchell Marsh will captain — the same Mitchell Marsh who has just finished a brilliant IPL season with Lucknow Super Giants, averaging nearly 50 with the bat at a strike rate of 169. An Australia squad that contains Marnus Labuschagne, Josh Inglis, Cameron Green, Adam Zampa, and a collection of emerging talents who are being given a chance to make their case for the ODI World Cup squad.

A depleted Australia. A Pakistan side that has just been embarrassed by Bangladesh. Three matches. Two venues. And a series that, on paper, nobody has a clear claim to going in.

Pakistan Are Running Out of Time — And Bangladesh Know Exactly What They Are Doing

 

There are Test matches where you can feel the momentum shifting. And then there are Test matches where the momentum stopped shifting a long time ago — where one team has settled into a position of such complete control that the only question left is not who wins, but by how much.

The 2nd Test between Bangladesh and Pakistan in Sylhet is firmly in the second category.

Day 3, session 1. Bangladesh batting in their second innings. Lead already past 249 runs at lunch. Litton Das and Mushfiqur Rahim — two of the most experienced batters in Bangladesh's history — together at the crease, adding runs with the calm authority of men who know exactly what they are building toward. Pakistan's bowlers working hard, getting little in return.

This is not where Pakistan wanted to be. Not after the first Test. Not after this series. Not ever.

He Took Four Wickets. Then He Scored 56 Not Out. Aaron Hardie Just Won Peshawar Zalmi The PSL Title.

 

There is a moment in every great final when the match turns — when the pendulum swings so decisively that the result, though not yet confirmed, already feels inevitable. In the PSL 2026 Final at Gaddafi Stadium, that moment came in the eighth over of the first innings.

Hyderabad Kingsmen were 69 for 2. Comfortable. In control. Saim Ayub was batting beautifully, reading the pitch, finding boundaries. The 32,461 people inside Gaddafi Stadium — the highest attendance in PSL history — were getting a final worth showing up for.

Then Sufiyan Muqeem bowled Usman Khan plumb in front. Three balls later, a mix-up between Saim Ayub and Irfan Khan left the latter stranded and run out. And on the very next delivery, Glenn Maxwell mistimed a pull off Nahid Rana and was caught at mid-on.

Three wickets in four balls. 69 for 2 had become 69 for 5. And the PSL 2026 Final, in the space of one extraordinary passage of play, was effectively over.

Peshawar Zalmi are PSL 2026 champions. They beat Hyderabad Kingsmen by five wickets, chasing 130 with 28 balls to spare. And the man who made it happen — the player of the match, the player of the tournament's defining performance — was an Australian allrounder that very few people outside franchise cricket circuits had heard of twelve months ago.

Aaron Hardie took four wickets. Then he scored 56 not out. And then he lifted the trophy alongside Babar Azam under a Lahore sky lit by fireworks.

One Team Has Babar Azam And Eight Wins. The Other Has Lost Four In A Row — And Is In The Final Anyway.

 

Every PSL season has a story. But PSL 2026 has two — and tonight, at Gaddafi Stadium in Lahore, they collide in a final that nobody could have predicted when this tournament began six weeks ago.

On one side: Peshawar Zalmi. The most complete team in PSL 2026. Eight wins from ten games. A batting order built around a man who had been dropped, criticised, written off — and who responded by scoring 588 runs in ten innings at an average of 84. A team that beat Islamabad United by 70 runs in the Qualifier with something approaching ease.

On the other: Hyderabad Kingsmen. A franchise that did not exist twelve months ago. A team that lost their opening four matches of the season. A bowling attack whose death-over specialist was not even in the starting eleven for the first three games. A team that has now beaten Multan Sultans and Islamabad United in back-to-back knockout matches — and done it while making every single one feel like the most dramatic game of the year.

One of them lifts the trophy tonight. The other goes home with the runner-up prize and an off-season full of what-ifs. The question that nobody can fully answer — not the analysts, not the former cricketers, not even the bookmakers — is which one it is going to be.

Six Needed. One Over Left. Hunain Shah Had Other Plans. Hyderabad Kingsmen Are In The PSL Final.

 

Six runs. One over. Twenty-two yards of Gaddafi Stadium between Islamabad United and the PSL 2026 final.

Faheem Ashraf had just hit Hyderabad Kingsmen for 22 runs in the nineteenth over. The momentum had shifted so completely, so suddenly, that it felt like the match had already been decided. United were alive. United were going to make it. The noise in the ground said everything.

Then Hunain Shah took the ball for the final over.

98 T20Is. A Career Built Over 10 Years. One Positive Test That Could End It All — The Mohammad Nawaz Story

 

Cricket has a way of building careers slowly. Brick by brick, match by match, season by season. It takes years of domestic cricket, years of waiting for your chance, years of proving yourself every single time you step onto the field. And then, in a moment — one result from one test — all of it can be placed in jeopardy.

That is the situation Mohammad Nawaz finds himself in today. Thirty-two years old. Ninety-eight T20 internationals for Pakistan. A left-arm spinner who has been part of some of Pakistan cricket's most important moments over the last decade. And now, a name attached to a story that nobody in Pakistan cricket wanted to read.

On April 22, 2026, ESPNCricinfo broke the news that Nawaz had tested positive for recreational drug use — with the sample having been collected during the T20 World Cup 2026 in Sri Lanka earlier this year. The ICC informed the PCB. The PCB began its due process. And a career that had survived lean patches, form slumps, and the brutal unpredictability of T20 cricket now faces something it has never faced before.

67 Innings. 2 Years of Criticism. One Night in Karachi That Changed Everything — Babar Azam Is Back.

 

There is a certain kind of silence that only the truly confident can maintain. Not the silence of someone who has nothing to say — but the silence of someone who has decided that the bat will do the talking when the moment comes.

For two years, Babar Azam kept that silence. Critics filled it for him. Analysts filled it. Press conferences became ambushes. Every innings that did not produce fireworks in the first six overs became another headline about strike rates and outdated techniques and whether Pakistan's greatest modern batter had simply run out of road in T20 cricket.

Then on April 19, 2026, at the National Stadium in Karachi, against Quetta Gladiators, Babar Azam picked up his bat and ended the argument. Not with words. Not with a press conference. With 100 runs off 52 balls — a strike rate of 192 — and a leap of pure, unfiltered joy that said everything he had refused to say for two years.

The silence is over. Babar is back.

Babar's Unbeaten Run Faces Its Toughest Test Yet — Zalmi vs Sultans Is PSL 2026's Match of the Season

 

Babar's Unbeaten Run Faces Its Toughest Test Yet — Zalmi vs Sultans Is PSL 2026's Match of the Season

Let's be honest — nobody expected PSL 2026 to deliver a top-of-the-table clash this early. But here we are, April 13, and the two best teams in this tournament are walking out at National Stadium Karachi tonight for what could very well be the most important match of the entire group stage.

Peshawar Zalmi vs Multan Sultans. Match 22. And the stakes could not be higher.

Two Teams, One Throne

Babar Azam's Peshawar Zalmi are the only unbeaten team in PSL 2026, sitting at the top of the table after winning four of their five matches, with one game washed out by rain. They have been nothing short of dominant. Every time a team has thought they had Zalmi figured out, Babar and his men have found another way to win.

Cricket in Crisis: Middle East War, PSL TTP Threat & IPL Travel Chaos

 Cricket has never existed in isolation from the world around it. But in March 2026, the world has arrived at cricket's door in a way that nobody could have predicted — and both the IPL and PSL are now fighting battles that have nothing to do with runs, wickets, or trophies.

The Middle East is at war. Pakistan's airspace is closed to Indian aircraft. A militant group has warned foreign cricketers to leave Pakistan immediately. And overseas IPL stars are stranded thousands of miles from India, rerouting through Singapore and London to reach a tournament that starts in five days.

Here is the complete picture — from the war that started it all to where both tournaments stand right now.

Abrar Ahmed & Sunrisers Leeds: The Full Story — From Auction to Chaos

 One signing. One auction. One week of chaos that has consumed cricket's biggest talking points — and it still is not over.

On March 12, 2026, Sunrisers Leeds — the Headingley-based Hundred franchise owned by India's Sun Group, the same conglomerate that runs Sunrisers Hyderabad in the IPL — paid £190,000 (approximately ₹2.34 crore) for Pakistan leg-spinner Abrar Ahmed at the inaugural Men's Hundred auction in London. Six days later, cricket's biggest off-field story is still developing — with a legendary Indian cricketer calling the signing "blood money," a suspended and then restored X account, an Indian board washing its hands of the issue, a Pakistani-origin cricketer fighting back, and a very real question over whether Abrar will even set foot on English soil this summer.

Here is the complete story — from the very beginning to where things stand right now.

Cricket Today: BAN Win Series, Chinnaswamy Cleared & Dhoni's Last Dance

 Bangladesh have beaten Pakistan in a bilateral ODI series for the first time in 11 years. Chinnaswamy Stadium has been cleared for IPL 2026 — just 12 days before the opener. And MS Dhoni, aged 44, is confirmed to play every single match of what could be his final IPL season.

Three massive stories on March 16, 2026 — here is everything you need to know.

Cricket Today: PAK Level Series, KKR Crisis, Abrar Row & Naman Awards

 It has been the busiest 48 hours in cricket since the T20 World Cup final itself — and today, March 14, 2026, there is still more happening.

Pakistan bounced back brilliantly in Mirpur. KKR's bowling attack is falling apart before IPL 2026 even begins. An Indian-owned franchise has broken cricket's biggest unwritten rule by signing a Pakistani player — and their Twitter account has been suspended as a consequence. And tomorrow, India's greatest cricketers will gather in New Delhi for the BCCI Naman Awards, the most star-studded cricket ceremony of the year.

Here is everything you need to know — in one place.

Cricket Today: IPL 2026 Schedule, Hundred Auction & T20 WC 2028 Guide

 

The T20 World Cup 2026 is over. The celebrations have settled. And cricket, as always, has moved on immediately — because it never stops.

Today is March 12, 2026. IPL 2026's first-phase schedule has been released. The Hundred's first-ever men's player auction is happening live right now in London. And with India confirmed as defending champions, the world is already asking: who will face them in Australia and New Zealand in 2028?

Here is everything you need to know — in one place.

Cricket Today: ICC XI, PAK Thrashed by BAN, Arshdeep Fined & IPL 2026 Date

 

The T20 World Cup 2026 trophy has been lifted, the confetti has settled, and now the cricket world is processing everything that happened in one of the greatest tournaments ever played.

From ICC's official Team of the Tournament to a controversial on-field incident in the final, and from BCCI's record prize money announcement to the date IPL 2026 kicks off — here is everything that has happened since India beat New Zealand by 96 runs in Ahmedabad on March 8.

Pakistan Out Despite Thrilling Win | India vs West Indies Virtual Knockout | T20 World Cup 2026

🏏 T20 World Cup 2026 · Live Update

Pakistan Out Despite Thrilling Win 💔
India Ka Aaj Do-or-Die vs West Indies 🔥

Farhan ki century, Shanaka ka toofan, aur NRR ka dard – sab kuch yahan!

📅 March 1, 2026 ✍️ The Yorker Crew 📍 Karachi / Kolkata ⏱️ 5 min read

Cricket fans ke liye kal ki raat emotions ka toofan leke aayi. Pallekele mein Pakistan ne Sri Lanka ko ek yadgar muqable mein 5 runs se haraya — lekin yeh jeet celebration ki jagah aansuon mein doob gayi, kyunki NRR ki cruel duniya ne Pakistan ko World Cup 2026 se bahar kar diya. Aur ab aaj, Eden Gardens mein India vs West Indies ka virtual quarter-final — jeet ka matlab semi-final, haar ka matlab ghar waapsi.

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⚡ Kal Ka Thriller: Pakistan vs Sri Lanka

February 28, 2026 · Pallekele International Cricket Stadium

ICC T20 World Cup 2026 · Group 2

🇵🇰 Pakistan

212/8

(20 overs)

VS

🇱🇰 Sri Lanka

207/6

(20 overs)

🟢 Pakistan Won by 5 Runs

🦅 Heroic Opening: Record Partnership

💯 Sahibzada Farhan ne century (100) aur Fakhar Zaman ne 84 runs ki partnership ki — pehli wicket ke liye 176 runs! Yeh T20 World Cup history ki sab se badi opening stand ban gayi.

🔥 Sri Lanka Ka Toofani Jawab: Shanaka Storm

⚡ Dasun Shanaka ne sirf 31 balls mein 76* runs bnaye. Last over mein 28 runs chahiye the — unhon ne 3 sixes aur 1 four maare — lekin 5 runs ki kami ne Pakistan ko jeet de di.

🎯 Key Bowling Figures

🏹 Abrar Ahmed — 3/23 | Shaheen Shah Afridi — Last over mein ice-cool performance, Pakistan ko victory dilai.

💔 Phir Bhi Pakistan Out — Kyon?

Semi-final mein jagah paane ke liye Pakistan ko Sri Lanka ko 147 ya us se kam runs pe rokna tha taki NRR mein New Zealand ko peeche chhoD sakein. Sri Lanka 207/6 tak pahunchi — aur is wajah se New Zealand better NRR ke saath semis mein nikal gaye.

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📊 Final Group 2 Standings

#	Team	Pts	NRR	Status
1	🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 England	6	+1.420	✅ Qualified
2	🇳🇿 New Zealand	3	+0.812	✅ Qualified
3	🇵🇰 Pakistan	3	-0.440	❌ Eliminated
4	🇱🇰 Sri Lanka	0	-1.790	❌ Eliminated

🇵🇰

Pakistan ka Safar Khatam — Lekin Dil Nahi Toota

Babar Azam ki captaincy mein team ne tournament ke aakhri match mein ek yaadgaar jeet di. Lekin poore campaign mein NRR ne unka saath nahi diya. Ab focus ICC T20 World Cup 2028 pe — wapsi aayegi, inshaAllah! 💚

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🔴 Aaj Ka Big Match: India vs West Indies

🔴 VIRTUAL KNOCKOUT

🇮🇳 India vs 🇼🇮 West Indies

📍 Venue:Eden Gardens, Kolkata

⏰ Time:7:00 PM IST / 6:30 PM PKT

🌿 Pitch:Batting-friendly, dew expected in 2nd innings

🌤️ Weather:Clear – no rain forecast

📈 NRR Ki Kahani — India Ko Kitni Badi Jeet Chahiye?

Sirf jeetna kaafi nahi — badi margin se jeetna zaroori hai taaki NRR ka gap puura ho sake.

🇮🇳 India — 2 pts | NRR: -0.100

🇼🇮 West Indies — 2 pts | NRR: +1.791

India ko kam se kam 50-60 runs ya 3-4 overs bacha ke jeetna hoga taaki West Indies ka NRR overtake ho sake aur Group 1 mein pehle se qualified South Africa ke baad doosri slot pakki ho.

🇮🇳 India Probable Playing XI

Abhishek Sharma

Ishan Kishan

Suryakumar Yadav ©

Shivam Dube

Hardik Pandya

Tilak Varma

Axar Patel

Arshdeep Singh

Varun Chakravarthy

Jasprit Bumrah

Kuldeep Yadav

⚔️ Key Battles to Watch

⚡ Jasprit Bumrah vs Nicholas Pooran / Shimron Hetmyer

Dono Windies batsmen pace ko kamaal se khelte hain — Bumrah ke saath is contest ka nateeja match decide kar sakta hai.

🏏 Suryakumar Yadav ka Form

SKY pressure mein sabse best hote hain — lekin aaj unhe early runs banana hoga taki India ko cushion mile.

🌟 Hardik Pandya's All-Round Impact

Bowling mein 2-3 wickets aur batting mein 40+ runs — Hardik ka double impact India ko semis pahuncha sakta hai.

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🏆 Semi-Finals Lineup (Updated)

1

🇿🇦 South Africa ✅ Confirmed

2

🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 England ✅ Confirmed

3

🇳🇿 New Zealand ✅ Confirmed

4

🇮🇳 India or 🇼🇮 West Indies — Aaj ka match decide karega!

🎯 The Yorker Crew Prediction

Eden Gardens mein dew factor India ke favor mein rahega. Batting-friendly pitch pe India ki batting depth West Indies se zyada hai. Suryakumar, Hardik aur Axar ki all-round team ko Windies pe bhaari padni chahiye — lekin NRR ki zaroorat ki wajah se India ko aggressive cricket khelni hogi. India Win by 65+ runs — Predicted!

Aap kya sochte ho? Neeche comment mein batao aur match live dekh rahe ho toh hamen tag karo — @TheYorkerCrew 🏏

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#T20WorldCup2026 #PakistanCricket #IndiaVsWestIndies #SahibzadaFarhan #IndiaCricket #NRRcricket #Bumrah #ICCT20 #PakistanEliminated #EdenGardens

Pakistan vs Sri Lanka T20 World Cup 2026: Semifinal Scenarios, Net Run Rate Analysis & What Pakistan Must Do

 Pakistan's semifinal fate hangs by a thread — here's the complete mathematical breakdown of their final Super 8 match

February 28, 2026. Pakistan cricket finds itself in the most uncomfortable position in sport — needing a miracle and hoping other results go their way.

Pakistan face Sri Lanka tomorrow at Pallekele International Cricket Stadium in their final Super 8 Group 2 match of the T20 World Cup 2026. They must win. But even a victory might not be enough to send them through to the semifinals.

England have already qualified after their dramatic 4-wicket win over New Zealand. New Zealand are on the brink. And Pakistan — who entered the Super 8 stage with high hopes — are now staring at elimination.

Here is the complete semifinal scenario analysis from The Yorker Crew.

T20 World Cup 2026: England Seal Semifinals with Brook's Century! Pakistan in Crisis, India Get Fresh Pitch Boost vs Zimbabwe

England become first team to qualify for semifinals as Pakistan's hopes fade — India face must-win match on fresh Chennai pitch!

 February 25, 2026. The T20 World Cup 2026 Super Eights stage has delivered its first semifinalist — and it is England.

Harry Brook's sensational century at Pallekele yesterday sealed England's place in the semifinals with a thrilling 2-wicket win over Pakistan. Pakistan's semifinal hopes are now hanging by a thread. And India — still reeling from their 76-run collapse against South Africa — have received a massive boost ahead of their must-win match against Zimbabwe tomorrow.

Here is everything you need to know from The Yorker Crew.

T20 World Cup 2026 Super Eights Start TODAY! NZ vs Pakistan Opener – Pitch Report, Key Battles & Predictions

 Super Eights begin tonight in Colombo — Pakistan face New Zealand in the opening match!T20 World Cup 2026 Super Eights begin today! NZ vs Pakistan at R Premadasa Stadium Colombo. Pitch report, key battles and predictions here! 🏏

The wait is over. The Super Eights begin today.

The ICC Men's T20 World Cup 2026 knockout phase starts tonight — February 21st — at the R. Premadasa Stadium in Colombo. And the opening match is a massive one. New Zealand versus Pakistan. 7:00 PM IST.

The group stage delivered drama, upsets, and unforgettable moments. Now — the real pressure begins. Eight teams remain. Four will reach the semifinals. And every match matters.

Here is everything you need to know about tonight's Super Eights opener from The Yorker Crew.

T20 World Cup 2026 Super Eights Begin Tomorrow! India in 'Group of Death' – Full Schedule, Key Battles & Predictions

 The group stage is over — the Super Eights start February 21st! Here is everything you need to know!

The group stage is done. The upsets have happened. The favorites have emerged. And tomorrow — February 21st — the T20 World Cup 2026 enters its most exciting phase.

The Super Eights begin. Eight teams remain. Four will reach the semifinals. And the race for the T20 World Cup 2026 trophy is about to reach a whole new level of intensity.

India finished the group stage unbeaten with a perfect 4-0 record. Pakistan sealed the final Super Eights spot with a dominant 102-run win over Namibia. And now the real cricket begins.

Here is everything you need to know from The Yorker Crew.