Quotes from Sarfaraz Ahmed

As a captain, I don't have long-term targets in my mind as it is better to go with short targets.

Winning and losing is part of the game and it's not that we are the first team to have lost a match; previous teams also have faced defeats.

The batting coach does his job. He tells them the basic faults and helps them improve their technique. But if the batsman is in form then he has to carry that form.

I learnt to be fearless.

Test cricket is a different format, you have to adjust to five-day cricket.

Moin Bhai has played a significant role in my career and I am thankful to him for where I am today.

When a bowler bowls with the crowd support behind him, it naturally raises one's morale.

Any player in our cricket team has reached here because of the prayers of his mother.

You need your senior players in pressure situations to guide the team.

I don't recall Pakistan ever mixing sports with politics.

People acknowledge you and applaud and it makes you more passionate about the game. It gives you proper recognition and if you perform well its increases your respect by a huge margin.

I am honoured to be appointed Test captain.

It would be difficult to replace Misbah and Younis.

We need to keep improving all the time.

Pakistan has always supported other countries by touring.

Show your intent and it's not about playing all your shots, like Fakhar Zaman, only Fakhar does that.

The players are benefiting a lot from the PSL. You saw the young players in the PSL who are now in the senior team. They are learning from the international players who play with them in the league.

To be appointed as captain of the team of the ICC Champions Trophy 2017, which includes some of the finest and most attractive cricketers of this generation, is the perfect icing on the cake.

The tour of South Africa is a tough one and if you start thinking like this before it then it is not helpful for anyone.

In modern-day cricket, the role of the first three to four batsmen has become very crucial.

Momentum is very important.

I have always enjoyed playing cricket in every format and tried to produce my best and bring the best out of the national team.

Look, when we go as favourites, then it's a problem, but if we go as underdogs then other teams feel the danger, so I think being underdogs is good for us and eases the pressure.

When you were playing cricket non-stop without a break, relentlessly, then these breaks really help you.