Naveed Akram Cheema confident of a good show against India
The manager of the Pakistan cricket team, Naveed Akram Cheema, has vowed that the Green Shirts will perform brilliantly in the Asia Cup fixture against India, and believes that the Pakistani team is more confident at this stage, compared to their Indian counterparts.
Pakistan will take on India in the all-important match of the Asia Cup 2012 on March 18, at Dhaka. Since theMumbai terror attacks in 2008, the two countries have not played a bilateral series and this is the reason why there is a lot of hype over this fixture.
The Green Shirts have played well over the last year and a half, and won Test series against the likes ofEngland, Sri Lanka and Bangladesh. However, they did not fare well against the English in their recently concluded One Day International series, losing 4-0.
On the other side of the coin, India has had a torrid time in international cricket over the last eight months, failing time and again to impress outside the sub-continent.
This is why Cheema feels that the Pakistan team has the psychological edge over the Men in Blue. He also added that the Pakistan team recently visited Bangladesh, and is familiar with the conditions.
"We're optimistic that we'll do well. We showed good performances against Sri Lanka and Bangladesh recently and there's no reason why we can't repeat that, Although we lost against India in the World Cup semi-final last year, but they are demoralised with their performance in Australia which has given us the psychological advantage. Our recent Bangladesh tour will also be a positive factor for us," said the Pakistan team's manager.
Cheema is confident that Dav Whatmore is the right person for the head coach position and will help the side improve further.
"Whatmore is an experienced campaigner and a fair gentleman and I hope his expertise will help the team. I have faith that Pakistan can bounce back strongly after losing the limited-overs series against England," shared Cheema.
Source:http://blogs.bettor.com/Naveed-Akram-Cheema-confident-of-a-good-show-against-India-Cricket-News-Update-a135452
The manager of the Pakistan cricket team, Naveed Akram Cheema, has vowed that the Green Shirts will perform brilliantly in the Asia Cup fixture against India, and believes that the Pakistani team is more confident at this stage, compared to their Indian counterparts.
Pakistan will take on India in the all-important match of the Asia Cup 2012 on March 18, at Dhaka. Since theMumbai terror attacks in 2008, the two countries have not played a bilateral series and this is the reason why there is a lot of hype over this fixture.
The Green Shirts have played well over the last year and a half, and won Test series against the likes ofEngland, Sri Lanka and Bangladesh. However, they did not fare well against the English in their recently concluded One Day International series, losing 4-0.
On the other side of the coin, India has had a torrid time in international cricket over the last eight months, failing time and again to impress outside the sub-continent.
This is why Cheema feels that the Pakistan team has the psychological edge over the Men in Blue. He also added that the Pakistan team recently visited Bangladesh, and is familiar with the conditions.
"We're optimistic that we'll do well. We showed good performances against Sri Lanka and Bangladesh recently and there's no reason why we can't repeat that, Although we lost against India in the World Cup semi-final last year, but they are demoralised with their performance in Australia which has given us the psychological advantage. Our recent Bangladesh tour will also be a positive factor for us," said the Pakistan team's manager.
Cheema is confident that Dav Whatmore is the right person for the head coach position and will help the side improve further.
"Whatmore is an experienced campaigner and a fair gentleman and I hope his expertise will help the team. I have faith that Pakistan can bounce back strongly after losing the limited-overs series against England," shared Cheema.
Source:http://blogs.bettor.com/Naveed-Akram-Cheema-confident-of-a-good-show-against-India-Cricket-News-Update-a135452
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