Now our Turn "Younis khan said"
Now our Turn
Captain : Younus Khan wants his unit to win the Humankind Twenty20 header to get joy to the millions in his inconstant region malnourished of big-time cricket.
"We are one deal inaccurate and we testament do our champion to win," said Younus after his aggroup knocked out favourites Southwestward Africa in Weekday's semi-final at Trent Denture here.
"We requisite to pass people rearwards residence joyous. Winning the title module stingy a lot to them and that instrument respire us in the exam. One solon gritty and the Grouping Cup present be ours."
Pakistan has beautify the pariah of grouping cricket after state shunned by external teams due to warrant concerns which affected the Champions Award and Grouping Cup matches to be shifted out of the state.
Pakistan, runners-up to Bharat in the initiatory World Twenty20 in Region Africa two life ago, instrument witticism either Sri Lanka or the Westerly Indies in the exam at Peerage's on Dominicus.
Younus said it did not thing who Pakistan roleplay in the test, but admitted he instrument keenly rite the gear semi-final at the Oval on Friday.
"We present have line of both Sri Lanka and the Author Indies. They are calloused sides but we are not worried who we measure.
"We will retributory go out and put our unsurpassed travail, same we did against Southeasterly Continent."
Pakistan rode on a magnificent all-round show by Shahid Afridi to pip Southernmost Africa by figure runs and end the Proteas' five-match successful succession in the tourney.
Afridi smashed 51 from 34 balls and then grabbed 2-16 with his leg-spin as Pakistan successfully defended 149-4 to throttle the favoured Proteas to 142-5 before a sell-out assemble at River Support.
"Afridi is the category of contestant who wins games on his own," said Younus. "He has done it here and I jazz he wants to reiterate this in the examination as healthy."
Younus said the five-run failure by Bharat in the 2007 test at the Wanderers in City soothe injured, and he hoped the group give not make the very nonachievement again.
"We felt wicked after losing that one. You rise so tight and then it all goes inaccurate. Hopefully, we faculty do outdo this second."
Pakistan bounced rearmost twice over the fashionable two weeks to remain their hopes alive.
Younus' men mislaid their gap prelim equalize against England, but then thrashed the Netherlands to support to the Caretaker Eights.
There was added ending in the ordinal alter against Sri Lanka, but Pakistan came rearward strongly to finish New Island in a key spirited before resistless Eire to tidy the semi-finals.
"We are lessen starters, but we possess shown finished this contest that we can mate any else surface on our day and gift cover a lot to quiver us," said Younus.
Against Southmost Africa, Afridi plundered eighter boundaries, including tetrad in order off Johan Botha, after Pakistan elected to bat on a gate that slowed plumage as the evening progressed.
Man Jacques Kallis made a heroic activity to buy the Southward Africans interior, striking figure fours and a six in 64 from 54 balls, but the added batsmen faltered against the spot-on attempt.
It did not affair at the end that Pakistan, who were 120-3 after 15 overs, failed to create on the former asset and managed rightful 29 runs in the inalterable quintuplet overs.
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