Misbah sets new challenges for buoyant Pakistan

Dubai: Pakistan skipper Misbah-ul-Haq announced his new challenge for the team following the clean sweep over England. He has decided to prove that his team is formidable on foreign wickets too, especially on conditions different from Pakistan wickets

"This will be my team's next challenge. This team loves challenges. We have this challenge [of winning abroad] in our minds and everybody is just focusing to prove themselves outside Pakistan. My team has already had some success.

"Look at the performance of our team in New Zealand. I think those conditions were not easy for our team, but our team performed very well there and also in West Indies. We are looking forward to go to South Africa and Australia," he said.

Misbah believes that the youngsters in the team during the last 18 months have done exceptionally well. "We just want to do well and perform well everywhere. I am happy that my youngsters are coming up. Azhar Ali, Assad Shafiq and Mohammad Hafeez are doing extremely well. We also have good fast bowlers and good spinners, and all that is needed is the mindset to do it," he said

Philosophy

Misbah even talked about his philosophy for success. "The most important thing in any sport or in any field of life is that whatever you achieve, it goes into the past. If you are stuck with it there, then you cannot move ahead and improve yourself.

"My message to my team and all my players is that this Test series is finished and we have to look ahead. There are One-dayers and T20s and if we remain happy with this victory, we may not be able to perform the same way in future. We need to keep winning matches, winning series and always think about the future," he said.