Team is comfortable under my captaincy: Afridi

Shahid Afridi has said that he respects all the players in his team and they too feel comfortable to play under his captaincy.

"It is difficult, especially due to players from the different cultures, different cities, but the thing is that I respect these guys. Whatever their problems, I listen, and I'm talking to the management and the coach as well. But they're feeling good playing in my captaincy," website theage.com.au quoted Afridi, as saying.

Afridi said he had inherited a team of young players. "The guys are united. As a captain, I'm trying to keep the guys as close as I can . Normally I take them for dinners together," he said. "The communications problem is not there any more. We are all sitting together, talking to each other. Whatever problems (they may have), they're coming to me and the coach and they're sharing their problems."