Last Saturday evening, a jubilant and a visibly relaxed, Pakistani Head Coach strode into the media room to speak to the press at the end of the game against South Africa that very few expected Pakistan to win. The Cornered Tigers had of late been playing like timid kittens but Saturday was different and the results were there for everyone to see.
With the experience of 143 ODIs and with over 1500 runs and 123 wickets to his name in the fifty over format, Pakistan all-rounder Azhar Mahmood in his latest blog for PakPassion.net writes about his impressions of Pakistan's new found confidence in the light of their victory against South Africa in the World Cup and discusses their body language, the importance of Sarfraz Ahmed to the line-up, the re-emergence of Pakistan's pace battery as a force to be reckoned with, Misbah-ul-Haq's batting approach and the pressure it puts on other batsmen, as well as Pakistan's chances in the remaining game(s) of the 2015 World Cup.