‘We use to choke against India but this current crop are good in handling the pressure’: Waqar Younis says Pakan favourite to win the World Cup | Cricket News

Former Pakan captain Waqar Younis feels admits that they used to choke against India in the big matches but feels the current crop under Babar Azam knows how to handle pressure better and that’s why they are one of the favourites to win the ODI World Cup.
“In our times, the pressure wasn’t that of a big concern as what it seems right now,” Younis told Cricket Pakan.
“The lesser you play against a team, that too against a big team – so whenever you will play them, especially if it is Pakan and India, the pressure would be immense and tripled.
“Pressure is always high, but maybe in our times, it was comparatively lesser because we used to play lots of cricket in my early days.
“But then again, in World Cup, we use to choke against India. Nonetheless, as I said, players, these days are handling the pressure definitely better,” he added.

Waqar Younis picked captain Babar Azam, Shaheen Shah Afridi, Fakhar Zaman and Imam-ul-Haq as game changers for Pakan.
“Pakan team have handled pressure in a better way in the recent past,” he said.
“It doesn’t matter wherever you play, irrespective of whether in India or Pakan, if you have your process in check and are executing your skills and plans sufficiently well, so I don’t think so we have any issue.

“We have match-winners, we have individuals that can win you matches single-handedly, including Babar himself, Shaheen – Fakhar can do wonders, then, of course, we have seen Imam playing great innings, so all-in-all, Pakan has all the resources definitely, now it’s just the matter of putting things together and handling pressure,” he added.