KARACHI – Pakistan’s captain Shahid Afridi said on Tuesday that his team were happy to play their World Cup knockout stage matches in India despite earlier voicing concerns about their security.
“It does not matter to us where we play our quarter-final. The biggest issue for us was to qualify for the knockout stage and we have done that now,” Afridi said. “We are ready to play our quarter-final at any venue now,” the experienced all-rounder said.
“That is a thing of the past. Right now we are just happy to make the quarter-final and if we remain in our confident mode then it does not matter where our quarter-final venue is,” Afridi said. Imran Khan had criticised Afridi for publicly airing his views on not wanting to play in India.
“If I had been in his place I would have announced we are ready to take on India in India because there is more pressure and expectations on the Indian team,” Imran had said.
