<p><a href="https://www.mid-day.com/sports/cricket/article/champions-trophy-2025-is-india-vs-pakistan-the-most-hyped-rivalry-in-cricket-23487815" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener"><strong>Pakistan</strong></a> head coach Aaqib Javed on Saturday expressed his faith in the pace trio of Shaheen Shah Afridi, Naseem Shah and Haris Rauf, saying it will produce &ldquo;something very special&rdquo; in the must-win Champions Trophy clash against India.</p>
<p>&ldquo;I&rsquo;ve heard [that] a lot discussions [are] going on [that] other teams have too many spinners and we have lesser spinning options. The teams play their game on their own strengths.</p>
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<p>&ldquo;We have like three, I would say, one of the best pace bowling options in today&rsquo;s game with Shaheen, Naseem and Haris. It reminds me of that 1990s troika [including Wasim Akram and Waqar Younis],&rdquo; he said.</p>
<p>Javed, however, admitted that the current batch of fast bowlers have a long way to go in order to match the feats of the legendary bowlers.</p>
<p>&ldquo;I think reaching at that level, they still have time, but they have all the ability to repeat those sort of performances. So, [we are] pretty much confident and when you play against <a href="https://www.mid-day.com/sports/cricket/article/india-vs-pakistan-champions-trophy-2025-day-before-pakistan-clash-kohli-focuses-on-spin-play-23488384" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener"><strong>India</strong></a>, it&rsquo;s a special feeling and they will bring something very special tomorrow,&rdquo; he said.</p>
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