"Pakistan Best Team In Women's Asia Cup": Coach Wahab Riaz After 55-All Out Show Against India

Pakistan ladies’s staff coach Wahab Riaz made a mind-boggling assertion after the Girls’s Asia Cup 2026 match towards India on Saturday. Up towards India, Pakistan suffered a soul-shattering defeat after being bowled out for simply 55 runs whereas batting first. Chasing the paltry goal, India overhauled the whole with 7 wickets in hand, in simply 8.4 overs. Riaz, chatting with reporters after the match within the press convention, stunned everybody as he mentioned that he nonetheless feels that the Pakistan staff is one of the best within the ongoing Girls’s Asia Cup event.

Pakistan had been no match for India within the contest, as bowlers ran riot. The likes of Shree Charni, Deepti Sharma and Prema Rawat picked up 3, 2 and a couple of wickets every whereas Shafali Verma additionally bagged a solitary scalp to bowl out Pakistan for 55 in 18.1 overs.

For Pakistan, barring the opening duo of Muneeba Ali and Shawal Zulfiqar, nobody even registered a double-digit rating. But, coach Wahab Riaz feels his aspect is one of the best within the Girls’s Asia Cup 2026.

“I consider that each one the gamers in our staff are very skilful, and so they simply must belief themselves. Our subsequent match is towards Hong Kong. We are going to return and talk about what we did flawed towards India. We are going to strive to not commit the identical errors. I nonetheless consider Pakistan is one of the best aspect on this Asia Cup to elevate the trophy as a result of the circumstances actually swimsuit us,” Riaz advised reporters within the press convention.

Pakistan captain Sana Mir, alternatively, stands poles other than Riaz on the way in which the staff was arrange. She slammed the administration for making a plethora of adjustments within the squad for the Girls’s Asia Cup, particularly after 7 gamers had been ignored. When requested about Sana’s feedback, Riaz mentioned that he has nothing to do with the skipper’s opinion.

“Sana Mir has her personal opinion. I’ve nothing to do with that opinion. We now have made adjustments with the long run in thoughts. The gamers who had been enjoying earlier than, they’ve performed a variety of World Cups and Asia Cups however we weren’t getting the outcomes. So it was time to go along with new faces and convey new ladies into the combo to construct the staff for the upcoming tournaments,” Riaz mentioned.

“It’s not about who we left behind. We now have to have a look at the fact. The ladies who had been ignored weren’t performing in any respect. I believe we did the fitting transfer by bringing new ladies into the combo,” he asserted.

Pakistan now face a difficult activity to qualify for the Girls’s Asia Cup semifinals. They should win their subsequent sport in any respect prices, or else, it will be curtains to their marketing campaign.