NEW DELHI: The Pakistan cricket team continues to grapple with controversies. While the handshake row has, for now, come to an end ahead of the next India-Pakistan Super 4 clash on Sunday, a new controversy has emerged, hinting at possible corruption in Pakistan cricket.

Former Pakistan wicketkeeper Atiq-uz-Zaman, who played just one Test and three ODIs, slammed the PCB for providing poor-quality jerseys to the national players. He pointed out that while Pakistan's kits were of inferior quality, other teams had much better ones.

"Pakistan players sweating through low-quality kits while others wear proper dry-fits. This is what happens when tenders go to friends, not professionals. Corruption dripping more than the sweat," Zaman posted on X.

Pakistan registered an easy 41-run victory over UAE in their last group match to set up a much-anticipated Super 4s grudge match against India in the Asia Cup.

Once again, Pakistan's top-order, save senior-pro Fakhar Zaman (50 off 36 balls), failed and it was Mohammed Haris (18) and Shaheen Shah Afridi (29 no off 14 balls), whose use of the long-handle to good effect got them to a fighting score 146/9.

In response, UAE could manage only 105 in 17.4 overs.

Pakistan skipper Salman Agha on Wednesday admitted that his team's middle-order remains a concern and said the batters will need to step up in upcoming matches.

"We got the job done but we still need to improve our batting in the middle order. That's been a concern and something we need to work on. Apart from that, we did a good job," Agha said at the post-match presentation.

"We haven't batted at our best yet... we're still just finding our way to 150. If we bat well in the middle overs, we can push it to 170 no matter the opposition."

"We're ready for any challenge and if we keep playing the way we have over the last four months, we'll be good against any side. (on the upcoming match against India)," he said.