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Which is the second best Asian Cricket Team in 2025?

AnyFans 2025-09-30

By Vibhakar

“Overview India is the undisputed best team in Cricket from Asia in 2025, given their major feats in the year Teams like Sri Lanka, Pakistan, Afghanistan, and Bangladesh are in contention to be considered the second best Given their massive improvement across formats and some good wins, Sri Lanka might stand out as the second best Asian Cricket team Advertisment India is the undisputed best team in Cricket from Asia in 2025, given their major feats in the year. Teams like Sri Lanka, Pakistan, Afghanistan, and Bangladesh are in contention to be considered the second best. 2025 has had a good mix of Tests, ODIs, and T20I matches with over three months of cricket yet to be played. Afghanistan might not be in the same league as other teams in Tests due to the lack of the number of matches and the exposure they get against the top teams. However, all of the above-mentioned teams play fairly good in Limited Overs Cricket. While most of them have not done well in Tests, there have been some good results for these teams in LOIs. Also Read: ‘BoycottINDvPAK’ trends ahead of India vs Pakistan Asia Cup match Sri Lanka, Pakistan, Afghanistan, and Bangladesh’s results in 2025 Pakistan In Tests, Pakistan lost to South Africa and tied against West Indies in their backyard. In ODIs, Pakistan lost the Tri-series against South Africa and New Zealand. They could not make it to the semifinal of the Champions Trophy despite playing at home. Against New Zealand, they were whitewashed 0-3 at home. Against the West Indies, they lost 1-2. In T20Is, Pakistan lost 1-4 to the visiting Kiwi side. While they did beat the visiting Bangladesh 3-0 at home, Pakistan lost the away series 1-2. The 2009 world champions beat the 2-time champions 2-1 before winning the tri-series against UAE and Afghanistan. They have qualified for the Super 4 of the Asia Cup after beating Oman and UAE. Also Check: “Ready for any challenge” – Salman Ali Agha on “Super 4″ clash against India in Asia Cup 2025 Sri Lanka Sri Lanka won a T20I and an ODI against New Zealand to start 2025, but lost the ODI series 1-2. At home, they lost to a strong visiting Australian team 0-2 in Tests. However, they returned the favor in ODIs by a 2-0 win. Sri Lanka had not qualified for the CT 2025 for their poor performance in the ODI World Cup 2023. The defending T20 Asia Cup champions beat Bangladesh 1-0 in Tests, 2-1 in ODIs, but lost 1-2 in T20Is. They later beat Zimbabwe 2-0 in ODIs and 2-1 in T20Is. In the Asia Cup, Sri Lanka beat Hong Kong, Bangladesh, and Afghanistan to qualify for Super 4 as the toppers of their group. Read More: Asia Cup 2025: Sourav Ganguly supports Suryakumar”s refusal to shake hands with Pakistan players Bangladesh Bangladesh’s 2025 started with their Champions Trophy campaign, in which they lost two of their matches woth another getting washed out. In Tests against Zimbabwe, they claimed a 1-1 tie at home. Bangladesh shockingly lost 1-2 to UAE in the T20I series. They later lost the T20I series against Pakistan 0-3. Bangladesh toured Sri Lanka for a Test series and lost it 0-1. They won the T20I series 2-1 and lost the ODIs 1-2. In T20Is, Bangladesh beat Pakistan 2-1 at home and overcame the visiting Netherlands 2-0 at home. In the Asia Cup, Bangladesh beat Hong Kong and Afghanistan to qualify for the Super 4 stage. Afghanistan Afghanistan’s 2025 started with a Test win over Zimbabwe. They took part in the Champions Trophy, won against England, lost to South Africa, with a no result against Australia. Afghanistan was not scheduled to take part in any tournament from March to late August. Before the Asia Cup, Afghanistan took part in the tri series against Pakistan and UAE. The 2024 T20 World Cup semifinalists lost the final against Pakistan by 75 runs. In the Asia Cup, they won the first match against Hong Kong by 94 runs. However, they lost to Bangladesh and Sri Lanka by 8 runs and 6 wickets, respectively, which led to their early exit from the tournament. Going by the results in 2025, Asia’s best teams after India could be ranked in the order – Sri Lanka > Pakistan = Afghanistan > Bangladesh”