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Mohali, Oct 26: A seemingly unruffled Pakistan today promised to "play better" and make less mistakes against South Africa whom they must beat in the Champions Trophy game tomorrow to advance further in the tournament.
Skipper Younis Khan said not much should be read into the defeat to New Zealand yesterday as every other team was also losing and it was difficult to sustain winning momentum for long for any side in
ODIs.
"We are not the only team losing," Younis said with a shrug and added that he had belief in his players to come good against the South Africans.
Coach Bob Woolmer also said he had full confidence in the team to strike back especially since the stakes involved were very high.
"We have full confidence in the team. We can't have control over people who we don't have. What I can say is we will play better. The stakes are high and the players know exactly what to do," he said on the eve of the match.
Younis did not think that he made a mistake by opting to field first in the match against New Zealand yesterday.
"Toss was not an issue. Any team winning the toss would have elected to field. If we had not made mistakes, we could have won the match as there was a stage when he needed 100 odd runs from 90 balls.
"We also made some mistakes against Sri Lanka but those were covered as we won that match. I have belief in the team because the same players won us the match against Sri Lanka." (Agencies)
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