Pakistan cricket team are getting ready to face minnows Oman in their opening game of the Asia Cup 2025 tournament in Dubai on Friday. The former T20 World Champions can’t afford any slip-up ahead of their all-important clash against Team India on Sunday. Salman Ali Agha’s Pakistan team are not stranger to stunning losses in international cricket – both in T20I as well as ODI format of the game. Their most recent one came in the T20 World Cup 2024 when they were shocked by Associate nation United States of America and failed to progress to the Super 6 stages in the tournament. We list out some of Pakistan cricket team’s most stunning losses in international cricket ahead of their Group A match against Oman on Friday… USA beat Pakistan in T20 World Cup 2024 It was one of the most shocking losses for Babar Azam-led Pakistan team in the T20 World Cup 2024 held last year. On June 6 2024 in a T20 match in Dallas Pakistan failed to defend 160-run target after posting 159. USA managed to equal the score at 159 and push the game into a Super Over. Shockingly Pakistan conceded 19 runs after bowling first in the Super Over bowled by Mohammad Amir and then failed to chase it down. Pakistan’s loss meant that they failed to qualify for the Super 6 stage after their loss to Team India. Zimbabwe beat Pakistan by one run in T20 World Cup 2022 Chasing a modest target of 131 set by Zimbabwe in their group stages match in the T20 World Cup 2022 Babar Azam’s Pakistan team fell short by one run. Pakistan only managed to score 129 for 8 in their reply to Zimbabwe’s 130 for 8. However Pakistan managed to bounce back from the defeat and qualified for the final of the T20 World Cup in Australia where they lost to eventual champions England. Afghanistan beat Pakistan by 8 wickets in 2023 ODI World Cup In an ODI World Cup match in 2023 at the MA Chidambaram Stadium in Chennai Babar Azam’s Pakistan were hammered by 8 wickets by Hashmatullah Shahidi’s Afghanistan team. Pakistan scored an impressive 282 after batting first but their bowlers failed to defend the target. For Afghanistan. Ibrahim Zadran (87) Rahmat Shah (77) and Rahmanullah Gurbaz (65) scored half-centuries while skipper Shahidi remained unbeaten on 48. Pakistan skipper Babar had top-scored with 74 in the first innings. Pakistan failed to qualify for the semifinals in the 2023 ODI World Cup. Ireland beat Pakistan by 3 wickets in 2007 World Cup Inzamam-ul-Haq’s Pakistan cricket team bowed out of the 2007 ODI World Cup after a shocking 3-wicket defeat at the hands of Ireland. Pakistan were bundled out for only 132 after batting first against Ireland. In reply former Ireland batter Niall O’Brien top-scored with 72 while captain Trent Johnson hit the winning six to send the former world champions packing. Bangladesh beat Pakistan by 62 runs in 1999 ODI World Cup It was Bangladesh’s first win in the ODI World Cup over a Test playing nation. The Asian minnows stunned Wasim Akram’s Pakistan side by 62 runs in Northampton in a 1999 ODI World Cup match. Batting first Bangladesh posted 223 for 9 with former skipper Akram Khan top-scoring with 42 and opener Shahriar Hossain scoring 39. For Pakistan off-spinner Saqlain Mushtaq picked up 5/35. In reply Pakistan were bowled out for just 161 with all-rounder Khaled Mahmud claiming 3/31. Pakistan however bounced back from the loss and reached the 1999 ODI World Cup final where they lost to Australia.