Lowest point in cricket: Pakistan fans fume after winless Champions Trophy campaign-OxBig News Network

Pakistan fans lashed out at their cricket team after they finished their Champions Trophy 2025 campaign without a win on Thursday, February 27 at Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium, Rawalpindi. Pakistan’s last game against Bangladesh got washed out as incessant rain didn’t allow any play to be possible, and the match had to be abandoned.

As a result, both Pakistan and Bangladesh finished their campaign in the Champions Trophy without a win as they were beaten by New Zealand and India respectively. Pakistan ended up finishing in the last spot in Group A, having a net run rate of -1.087. They became the first host nation in the history of the Champions Trophy to finish on the bottom spot.

Pakistan began their campaign against New Zealand as their bowlers were put to the sword by Will Young (107 off 113) and Tom Latham (118*off 104) whose centuries guided their team to a massive score of 320/5 in their allotted 50 overs. In reply, Pakistan’s lack of intent during their chase kept them behind the eight-ball and they eventually lost by 60 runs.

Later in the second fixture against India, the Men in Green once again batted slowly in the middle overs and had to settle for a below-par score and got all out for 241. In the second innings, frequent drop catches costed them massively as India chased down the target by six wickets in 42.3 overs and pushed them on the verge of knock out.

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Hence, Pakistan had a tournament to forget from all sides as they were a complete failure in all three departments with a few good performances here and there. Pakistan’s famed pace trio of Naseem Shah, Shaheen Afridi and Haris Rauf could pick just two wickets and leaked runs at an expensive economy rate.

On the other hand, Khushdil Shah was the only standout performer in both matches, scoring 107 runs from two innings, while seniors such as Babar Azam and Fakhar Zaman failed to shine. As a result, Pakistan had a tournament to forget and were not spared by their fans who lashed out at them for their shambolic performance.