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Karachi: Having already won the Twenty20 World Cup, Pakistan are targeting a second major 2009 title at the upcoming Champions Trophy despite a less-than-impressive history in the competition.
"Our past performance in Champions Trophy is not that much encouraging, but the way we have trained for this year's tournament, I'm sure we can perform well," coach Alam told reporters on today (Sep 17).
Pakistan have not reached the final in any of the five previous editions of the Champions Trophy the biggest 50-over tournament behind the World Cup.
Pakistan will play two warm-up matches before taking on the West Indies in its first group game on Sept. 23.
Pakistan, which have never beaten India in a major ICC tournament, take on their neighbor and arch rival on Sept. 26 before rounding off its group matches against defending champions Australia on Sept. 29.
India and Australia both have hit peak form ahead of the Champions Trophy. India won a triangular series over Sri Lanka and New Zealand, while Australia is on verge of whitewashing England in their 7-match one-day series.
However, Alam is not worried about the form of his group opponents. "The team which handles the pressure on the given day wins in a 50-over game," Alam said.
Captain Younis Khan is also keenly looking forward to the opportunity to finally beat India in a big tournament. "I want to change the history and win against them (India)," Khan said.
Pakistan and England are the only teams in the eight-team competition which have not won a Champions Trophy.
Pakistan has kept faith on its experienced middle-order batsmen Shoaib Malik, Misbah-ul-Haq and Mohammad Yousuf despite a 3-2 loss in the one-day series against Sri Lanka.
Fast bowler Mohammad Asif will join the squad when his one-year doping ban ends on Sept. 22, while allrounder Rana Naved returns after severing his ties with non-sanctioned Indian Cricket League.
| S# | Player | DOB | Matches | Batting | Bowling |
| 75 |
Younis Khan (c)
|
29 November 1977
|
191
|
Right
|
Right arm medium pace
|
| 25 |
Fawad Alam
|
8 October 1985
|
14
|
Left
|
Right arm off break
|
| 21 |
Iftikhar Anjum
|
1 December 1980
|
60
|
Right
|
Right arm fast-medium
|
| 17 |
Imran Nazir
|
16 December 1981
|
74
|
Right
|
Right arm off break
|
| 23 |
Kamran Akmal
|
13 January 1982
|
104
|
Right
|
wicket-keeper
|
| 22 |
Misbah-ul-Haq
|
28 May 1974
|
54
|
Right
|
Right arm leg break
|
| 90 |
Mohammad Aamer
|
13 February 1992
|
5
|
Left
|
Right arm off break
|
| 26 |
Mohammad Asif
|
20 December 1982
|
31
|
Left
|
Left arm fast-medium
|
| 13 |
Mohammad Yousuf
|
27 August 1974
|
269
|
Right
|
Right arm off break
|
| 24 |
Naved-ul-Hasan
|
28 February 1978
|
62
|
Right
|
Right arm medium pace
|
| 50 |
Saeed Ajmal
|
14 October 1977
|
15
|
Right
|
Right arm off break
|
| 10 |
Shahid Afridi
|
1 May 1980
|
281
|
Right
|
Right arm leg break
|
| 18 |
Shoaib Malik
|
1 February 1982
|
181
|
Right
|
Right arm off break
|
| 55 |
Umar Gul
|
14 April 1984
|
60
|
Right
|
Right arm fast-medium
|
| N/A |
Umer Akmal
|
26 May 1990
|
4
|
Right
|
Right arm off break
|
