http://www.senore.com/Cricket/India-c750, says Misbah ul Haq – Cricket News Update
Pakistani captain, Misbah ul Haq, has admitted that his team will be under immense pressure in the upcoming tie of the Asia Cup against India at Dhaka and said that the fans from both countries do not expect anything less than a victory when the two sides
clash.
India and Pakistan will take on each other in the much awaited fixture on March 18, 2012 and everyone is expecting this to be a thrilling encounter. Both teams have played one match in the tournament and won their respective encounters.
India are touted as favourites for the tournament but the Pakistan team has been playing brilliant cricket since the last time they met each other in a match, and on their day the Green Shirts are capable of defeating any opposition.
Last time the two teams met was in the semi-final of the http://www.senore.com/Cricket/ICC-World-Cup-2011-c100625 Cricket World Cup 2011 at Mohali and the Men in Blue emerged victorious as the Prime Ministers of the two countries watched the particular match together.
The Pakistan captain has made it clear that his team is not looking at this match as a way to take revenge, but admitted that there is going to be massive pressure on his men to deliver the goods against the arch rivals.
Reputations are made on either side by delivering the goods against the arch rivals, and the fans do not take losses easily. India are also the current World Champions, and Misbah has stated that it is all about handling the pressure in a game of such magnitude.
Misbah said, "The pressure increases automatically in an India-Pakistan game. The reason is that there is so much fan following of these matches - you have packed stadiums, matches are telecast live etc. Because of these factors the pressure on players increases.
Pressure would still be there, because the matches are beamed live."
Both teams will be keen to win the match and the tournament is going to be overshadowed due to this game. If they meet again in the final, there will be even more at stake.
Tags: