LAHORE: Pakistan national cricket team skipper Misbahul Haq says their team is "now one of the most improved sides in world cricket."
Returning home victorious from Bangladesh on Saturday, Misbah told newsmen that over the past 18 months, Pakistan had the "highest win percentage among all the Test playing nations. We are an improving side and I think by winning the Asia Cup in Dhaka on Thursday we have also shed this tag of being an unpredictable side."
Misbah said he was satisfied with the team’s performance in the four-nation Asia Cup tournament. "Except for that one loss to India where their batsmen really played outstandingly, we did well as a team and we performed as a unit which is very satisfying."
Captain admitted that it was "difficult to digest harsh criticism after every defeat. It is not easy to forget the criticism but we are learning to take it in our stride and show our worth by our performances."
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fantastic performance misbah as captancy congrats.....
He is a good captain, not the best but million times better than Afridi.
Congratulations Team Pakistan and Skipper Misbah - and especially Misbah considering how ungrateful and unfairly dismissive many of your compatriots are regarding your tremendous contributions to this team's great run of success over the past year and a half
Misbah is one of the most successful captains and has shown his strengths in the most testing times of Pakistan’s cricketing history. Instead of being appreciated and respected for his great achievements, we tend to criticise each and every defeat as if it is done on purpose and we have better cricketing brains..... This team fights to the end and this is what matters most and must be respected. We are proude of you, Misbah!