Younis Khan impressed by Pakistan-India players' friendship

KARACHI: Pakistan's former captain Younis Khan was highly impressed with the way Pakistan and Indian players share friendship off the field. 

While talking to GeoSuper.tv on Saturday, Khan said pressure element is finished now when it comes to Pakistan vs England. 

"If I speak of the Indian players and the Pakistani players, there is much friendship that can be seen right now, which is a good thing. That atmosphere of tension is no longer there. Now what should happen is that our cricketing ties should revive and we should play regularly so that we can put to rest all this negative talk that usually accompanies Pakistan-India matches," he said.

Pakistan squad for T20 World Cup

Speaking of how he rates the current squad vis-a-vis Australia's playing conditions, and since Pakistan last played there three years ago, the former coach said that a lot of players have been playing in the Big Bash games and will likely continue to do so, so it should not be such a problem for the players to play in the conditions there.

He went on to say that this is especially true given that it will be a T20 tournament. Had it been Test or ODI cricket, it would have given one pause.

Younis said that Australian pitches are favourable for T20 and that our players did well in the Big Bash series.

"The team has to prepped in a way it is ready for victory. It is not necessary Babar Azam performs each time or Mohammad Rizwan does," the former batter said. He said it is important, instead, to have a match winning squad.

Younis said the team "cannot have the same kind of planning all the time, regardless of the opponent".

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