Dhaka, March 26: Pakistan skipper Shahid Afridi had a word of caution for people predicting home advantage for India in the Mohali semi-final.
Before leaving for India, he reminded the media about the match against Sri Lanka in Colombo.
“The boys are professional cricketers. Of course everybody likes to have the crowd supporting you but that doesn't mean that we cannot play in front of fans, who are backing our rival team. There were over 30,000 people supporting Sri Lanka in Colombo but we won that match,” he said referring to Pakistan's 11-run win over the tournament co-hosts in a Pool A match last month.
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Afridi said Pakistan team is ready to compete with any team anywhere and he would plan an strategy according to the prevailing situation.Afridi was confident that his players were capable of giving their best at any venue.
The skipper said Pakistan had always given a tough time to India on Indian homeground and his team would plan a better strategy against the hosts in their semi-finals.He said that the morale of the team was high and each player of his team had a sense of responsibility.