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Former skippers wish luck
Former Pakistan captains Fazal Mahmood and Moin Khan joined the bandwagon of cricket fans who wished the national team "best of luck".
Former Pakistan captains Fazal Mahmood and Moin Khan joined the bandwagon of cricket fans who wished the national team "best of luck" ahead of the first Test against India starting at Mohali from Tuesday.
"Just play your best cricket and forget everything else. For the next five days, you should be thinking of the Test match and nothing else," Fazal, who captained Pakistan on the 1960 tour of India, said from Lahore.
He advised them to forget their recent debacles and start afresh on Tuesday.
"I have complete faith in my team. What has happened before is history. Tomorrow will be a new day and they should start afresh. The team should give their best shot and performance, and leave the rest to the Almighty," Fazal, Pakistan's hero of the 1952 Oval Test, said.
Pakistan will start as underdogs in the three-Test series following their 3-0 thrashing against Australia last month and also after losing to India 2-1 in the home series last year.
Pakistan are further depleted with the absence of fast bowler Shoaib Akhtar who is down with a hamstring injury.
"Pakistan cricket team has our complete support and blessing. They should take inspiration from the last two tours and think positively," Moin Khan, who is favourite to join the team for the one-day series starting on April 2 in Kochi, said.
"My advice to the boys is to remember their cricketing achievements. I mean Inzamam-ul-Haq, Yousuf Youhana, Younis Khan should recall his glorious innings while Danish Kaneria, Mohammad Sami should remember their best bowling achievements. They should then convince them that if they can do it once, they can repeat it," Moin said.
Moin also said Pakistan was now a well knit and united team.
"Inzamam has gelled the team well and together, they were one unit. I think this will be the secret to their success because in the past also, we won because of team spirit and unity."
