Former Pakistan captain Waqar Younis in an interview with Cricket Pakistan revealed the current Pakistan team handles the pressure well against the other cricket teams and also against India, The former skipper said “We used to choke against India in the World Cup match” and the pressure would be immense and tripled when the match is between India and Pakistan. He continued to say “We have match-winners, we have individuals that can win you matches single-handedly, including Babar himself, Shaheen, Fakhar and just the matter of putting things together and handling pressure”.
Waqar Younis Said:
“In our times, the pressure wasn’t that of a big concern as what it seems right now, The lesser you play against a team, that too against a big team – so whenever you will play them, especially if it is Pakistan and India, the pressure would be immense and tripled. Pressure is always high, but maybe in our times, it was comparatively lesser because we used to play lots of cricket in my early days. But then again, in World Cup, we use to choke against India. Nonetheless, as I said, players, these days are handling the pressure definitely better,”. These match-winners, which I mentioned earlier, they’ll win us the game,” Younis told Cricket Pakistan.
“Pakistan team have handled pressure in a better way in the recent past,” In my opinion, It doesn’t matter wherever you play, irrespective of whether in India or Pakistan, if you have your process in check and are executing your skills and plans sufficiently well, so I don’t think so we have any issue”.
“We have match-winners, we have individuals that can win you matches single-handedly, including Babar himself, Shaheen, Fakhar can do wonders, then, of course, we have seen Imam playing great innings, so all-in-all, Pakistan has all the resources definitely, now it’s just the matter of putting things together and handling pressure,” he added.