Losing to arch-rivals
India in all the previous five World Cup clashes has certainly hurt Pakistan
and they are determined to break the jinx this time around in the showpiece
event beginning on Saturday, their coach Waqar Younis said. Waqar, who himself
was part of two such defeats at the hands of India in 1996 and 2003 World Cups,
said the current team’s biggest objective was to make a turnaround and break
the winless streak.
“Our biggest objective is we want to make things turn
around. In all the World Cups we have not been able to beat India. We have won
the World Cup in 1992 and been in a World Cup final as well. This has been one
hiccup we have not been able to overcome,”
Waqar said when asked about the potentially
high-voltage clash between the arch-rivals on February 15 at the Adelaide
Oval. “In our last World Cup meeting (at Mohali in 2011 World Cup
semifinals) we lost to them (India). We are trying to pick up from where we
left it and end up on the winning side this time,” the 43-year-old former fast
bowler told ESPN cricinfo. Waqar, who took 373 wickets from 87 Tests and 416
scalps from 262 ODIs, added: “My personal target is the target of the
team. We want to play good cricket and develop as a team. We want to get rid of
the inconsistency tag associated with Pakistan.
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