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Friday, April 01, 2011

Afridi says he is thankful to nation

Updated at: 0719 PST,  Friday, April 01, 2011
KARACHI: Skipper national cricket team Shahid Khan Afridi said that he was thankful to entire nation from the bottom of his heart upon the high support extended to team from nation,He vowed to display a good show on continuous basis on the condition of this support from nation which team is enjoying at this point of time.“Players, hailing from all four provinces, were playing in the squad,” Afridi highlighted, detailing further that players’ goal was to play with unity and that, according to him, helped players reached semifinal of the mega event. We were the only team that forced India to get out at that low total,” Afridi mentioned lamenting that his side’s batting failed to click when needed the most.He said that senior players should be dropped from West Indies tour to give them a rest.I have yet to decide on West Indies tour,” he added.