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MELBOURNE: Pakistan’s captain Babar Azam has said that his team is very excited about the T20 World Cup final against England. The teams of Pakistan and England will face each other tomorrow, Sunday (November 13) in the title match. The final will be played at the Melbourne Cricket Ground. The Green Shirts cancelled their practice a day before the final and the team will be brimming with confidence heading into the summit clash.

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Addressing a press conference, Babar said that there was no pressure on him regarding this high voltage match. ‘We are not nervous about the final but are excited. England are a great team and we played a competitive series against them recently. We would like to enter the final with the same rhythm.”

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Before the T20 World Cup, Pakistan played a 7-match T20 series against England at home. This series was won by England 4-3.

Babar Azam Press Conference Highlights

When we come to the ground they always give us support. We try to give our hundred percent to give smiles to our fans.
Of course, the similarities are the same and we will like to give our 100 percent in tomorrow’s game and try to win.
The way the team made a comeback in the last four matches will give us confidence in the final.
Excitement is there and we are confident and we also have the belief to do well. Hopefully the result will be good.
I think England’s team is one of the best and we played a series against them where we both played competitively.
Definitely the start was not good but the way team played. They played like lions. First, we reached the semifinal (T20 WC 2021) then we reached the Asia Cup final, and now final in WC.
Of course, powerplays matter a lot. We would like to play good cricket in power plays.
We believe in almighty. We believe in God and we have grabbed our opportunities and hope he will help us win the World Cup as we all.
When you meet the Chairman you get confidence and that helps you a lot ahead of final.
We are not focusing on rain. We want to focus on performance. We would like to have a full match but not a rain-curtailed one.
As a captain when you don’t perform there is some pressure when you don’t perform. It’s great that the middle order have stepped up and have taken responsibility. This gives me a lot of confidence.
Toss doesn’t really matter. We will decide everything on the day of the Final looking at the conditions.
There is no pressure and I have not seen the tweet (of PAK PM taking a dig on India). So, I can’t comment.
England is a good team and they have a good bunch of players and we would like to execute our plans.