ENGLAND: Pakistan skipper Sarfraz Ahmed has said that the team is hopeful and wants to perform well against India in the Champions Trophy 2017.
“We want to perform well in practice matches against Bangladesh and Australia to get a good boost before the main rounds,” he told journalists during a press conference here on Friday.
“We are really hopeful,” the wicketkeeper-batsman said. “We will try to play good cricket against India. The whole country wishes that we beat India so we will try to give our 100% in the ground, and we’ll try to fight as much as we can.”
The 30-year-old will be leading the green shirts in his first major tournament and he says he is excited and looking up to the challenge.
“This is my first major tournament as captain, I’m definitely very hopeful and excited about the competition,” he said. “My aim is to play my own game, to not play under pressure and to just play as I do in domestic cricket.”