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On their bowling attack will it suit conditions here: I have heard lot of discussion about other teams having too many spinners. Teams play according to their strength. We have the best pace bowling options with Shaheen, Nasim and Rauf. It reminds me of 90s. Of course they have a long way to go. But they will go there. Playing India is special and I’m sure they will do well

On pressure: there is no game which you play without pressure. We lost to NZ which has good balance. We still have chance to qualify. Against India it doesn’t matter if it’s must win or not. All of our players are waiting to raise the bar.

On the pitch: No added advantage for India. We have been playing leagues here. There is nothing in the conditions that is not known to anybody.

On their XI: playing XI will be revealed at the toss. If India want to play 3 or 4 spinners, then let them. We will play to our strength. We have selected our team and we believe them. Our fast bowlers are match winners.

Pressure is there to do well. With the pitch it is all guess work and it can’t be pressure. If you take pressure out what is there in India vs Pakistan game

If you look at the pitch there is slight turn and it also helps seamers. A very balanced pitch.

On missing Zaman: There is no doubt that Fakhar is a match winner. You can’t depend on just one player. It is a good strong team that wants to play positive cricket.

These morale and all you guys write. That’s your profession. If we lose one match there won’t be sudden pressure. Even if you play 10 matches with India and win all, there will still be pressure.

Are their fast bowlers losing matches: you have to focus on the match. If they are making 320 you can’t just focus on a bowlers economy. In 50 overs they are realising that fitness is important. It is not like 90s cricket. It has changed a lot. Every game starts differently and ends differently.

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