LONDON – Pakistan Cricket team captain, Sarfaraz Ahmed vowed on Saturday that the Green Shirts would make a come back in its encounter against South Africa.
The skipper is adamant that the defeat to India won’t be playing on Pakistan’s mind in the slightest when they take on South Africa at Lord’s.
Sarfaraz insists his team won’t be focusing on the past and that the squad are confident of bouncing back in style at the home of cricket, according to his statement issued by Pakistan Cricket Board.
“Everything is fine after the India match,” he said. “It was tough for us but after the match, we gave our players two days’ rest. Then before three days, we were practicing hard.
“Psychologically there is a pressure on you as a Pakistan captain if you lose against India in a World Cup match,” the skipper said.
“People will think we are beaten but it’s not the first time we have lost to them in a World Cup, so it’s fine. We all are OK and we are all are backing ourselves, so hopefully we will bounce back,” he added.
The captain elaborated that the team’s morale was still very high and we are focussing match by match.
The skipper said there was a difference between series against South Africa and a World Cup.
Pakistan have won just one of their five matches at the ICC Men’s Cricket World Cup 2019 – an impressive 14-run triumph over hosts England – but lost by 89 runs to their biggest rivals India at Old Trafford in their most recent match.
They will have had a week to analyse that loss by the time they take to the field in London on Sunday, where they will try to down a Proteas side who similarly only have one victory to their name.
The two sides contested a highly-competitive ODI series in South Africa back in January that Pakistan eventually lost 3-2.
