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Dubai - Pakistan captain confident ahead of the West Indies series in the UAE

By James Jose

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Published: Mon 19 Sep 2016, 9:32 PM

Last updated: Fri 2 Dec 2016, 10:01 AM

Pakistan T20 captain Sarfraz Ahmed has said that they need to play a good brand of cricket to beat world champions West Indies and hoped that they can start the series on a good note.
Pakistan engage in a three-match T20 series against the West Indies and Sarfraz said that it was paramount that they play good cricket.

"They are the best T20 team in the world and won the Twenty20 World Cup. We are also a good team and when we played against England, we didn't think that we were playing the T20 World Cup finalists and that they are one of the best T20 teams in the world. Our focus was mainly on that we should play well and play good cricket. That is the same focus here. Our aim is to play good cricket and play a good brand of cricket and beat them," Sarfraz said ahead of Pakistan's first practice session at the ICC Academy on Monday evening.
Sarfraz also felt that there is not much of an advantage to be gained with Chris Gayle and a few players not being there in the squad.
"I don't think that there is much of an advantage when it comes to T20 cricket when players have changed. True, they don't have Chris Gayle but they do have some other good players. Our focus is to do well on the field. We finished on a good note in Manchester and I hope we start on a good note here," he said.
"In T20, you cannot win by names alone. You need to go out there and play well. If you see, England are a good team and we have quite a few young and exciting players who have performed well. And I'm sure they will do well here too," he added.
Sarfraz also believed that they have a bit of momentum after winning the one-off T20 against England.
"It becomes easy when you finish your previous series with a T20 and the start of a new series is also T20. Then, it is better because you have a bit of momentum going your way," said Sarfraz.
james@khaleejtimes.com



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