Players need to back each other for World Cup glory, says Afridi

KARACHI: All-rounder Shahid Afridi on Wednesday said Pakistan players required to back one another in the event that they were to win the World Cup in Australia and New Zealand one year from now. 

Afridi, named Pakistan's Twenty20 skipper on Tuesday, said that he was 12 when Pakistan were last delegated title holders in 1992. 

"I can clearly recollect that it was the [holy] month of Ramazan and the whole country was behind the group. Individuals were appealing to God for Pakistan's prosperity each time they offered their supplications to God," Afridi remarked as the ICC World Cup trophy showed up in Karachi at an elegant function at the National Stadium amid its trophy visit on Wednesday. 

"The expected [world Cup] competition could be my toward the end in the 50-over configuration. We have to back one another on the grounds that it is not the trophy that matters. We need to make individuals joyful at the end of the day after such a variety of dissatisfactions." 

An awesome showcase of firecrackers occurred after the trophy was revealed tailing its entry from Lahore where it had arrived at on Tuesday after visits to Sri Lanka, India, Bangladesh and Afghanistan. 

In the mean time, Waseem Haider, a part of the 1992 World Cup-winning Pakistan squad headed by Imran Khan, saying that conviction toward oneself was the code expression of that side. 

All-rounder Wasim, current head mentor of Multan area who played in three matches of the worldwide rivalry 22 years prior, said that if Pakistan play with the same soul they would be among the genuine contenders for the title. 

"In spite of the fact that the amusement has changed a ton since the time we used to play regardless I surmise that a group which flourishes with general brotherhood has better risks of winning. The class of 92 needed in a few territories but we still won in intense states of Australia and New Zealand," Wasim reviewed. 

"Imran was a motivating skipper who was not eager to surrender after we had battled in the early matches. There was a firm conviction inside the group that we could lift the title. Also we did. 

"I wish Misbah-ul-Haq and his group all the best. In the event that they show the same flexibility they can recover the World Cup after such quite a while." 

Intikhab Alam, who was the administrator of the 1992 Pakistan group and now PCB's chief residential cricket, said the never-say-pass on state of mind helped Pakistan's stupendous triumph. 

"We never let ourselves down considerably after we gathered three focuses after five matches. I can review that each time we got together for group gatherings the one I generally accentuated was 'Never Give Up'. This was my logic of attaining accomplishment in life," the previous Pakistan captain watched. 

The revealing function of the trophy was likewise went to by Commissioner Karachi Shoaib Ahmed Siddiqui, International Cricket Council's head of correspondences and media Samiul Hasan, PCB chief showcasing Badar Rafaie, general supervisor media Agha Akbar and administrator of National Stadium Arshad Khan.