Our entire focus is on winning against West Indies – Shahid Afridi
Pakistan cricket team captain, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Shahid-Afridi-c2482 on Tuesday said that his side’s immediate focus is on the quarter-final game against West Indies and that they are not looking too far ahead about a possible encounter with arch-rivals India in the semifinals of the ongoing World Cup.
"I am not even thinking of the next match, whether it is India or Australia,” said Afridi while talking to the media reporters ahead of the elimination round. “Our entire focus is on winning the quarter-final against the http://www.senore.com/Cricket/West-Indies-c760," he added further.
After finishing the league stage at the top of Group A and putting a halt on Australia's winning streak in the World Cup matches, the Men in Green will battle it out against the Caribbean side at the Sher-e-Bangla National stadium in Mirpur tomorrow. The victor of the game will play the winning side of the second quarterfinal featuring http://www.senore.com/Cricket/India-c750 and Australia to be played at Motera in Ahmedabad on Thursday.
Keeping in mind the rivalry of India and http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Pakistan-c755, cricket fans are crazy to see both the nemesis in the semi-final. The players are also excited to prove their mettle against the historic rivals but Afridi said that his focus is on Wednesday’s game only.
The 31-year-old Pakistan all-rounder, who is yet to make an impact with the bat in the show-piece event, was aware of the fact that a loss tomorrow would mean catching a return flight back home and said that they would not take Sammy’s men lightly in any department of the game.
"We will not take the West Indies lightly. Any team is capable of winning on their day, there are no second chances in a knock-out match. I think they are a very good side," said the leg-spinner who is leading the wicket chart of the tournament with 17 scalps from six games.
The Men in http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Green-c60723 had a tumultuous build up to the mega cricketing event with the side battling many off-field controversies, the major one being the spot-fixing saga which saw Pakistan losing three key players including pacer’s duo of Mohammad Amir and Mohammad Asif.
The pundits of cricket did not have high hopes attached with the side but they proved the critics wrong, winning five of their six World Cup games so far. And after defeating http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Australia-c746 by 4 wickets on Saturday, they are supposed to be the hot favourites to lift the coveted trophy. Let’s keep our fingers crossed and hope Cornered Tigers perform well in the coming games to give the cricket fans a certain adrenalin rush.
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