Records are meant to be broken: Pakistan captain plays down 0-11 record vs India

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Women's World Cup 2025, INDW vs PAKW: In the pre-match press conference, captain Fatima Sana said that Pakistan aren't worried about their record against India in ODIs where they have lost all 11 matches.

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00:00Good morning, everyone, and thank you for joining us for this pre-match press conference with Fatima Sana from Pakistan.

00:10Just a little bit of a notification.

00:16We won't be taking any questions on the politics that are taking place at the moment.

00:20The team would just like to focus on cricket-related questions.

00:23So no questions on politics, no questions on handshakes, please, because those answers will not be forthcoming.

00:30Please ensure you've got a microphone in your hand, and ensure your mobile phones are muted, and we'll get started.

00:36Okay, so what did the management tell you about how the hikmeti amelie will happen in India against?

00:42Sorry, your voice is very slow.

00:45I said that the management told you about how the hikmeti amelie will happen in India against?

00:58Well, first of all, obviously, we have to keep the confidence.

01:03Because there is still a whole tournament.

01:05You can't define a match.

01:07You can't define a match.

01:08And no one bad match can't define a match.

01:11So obviously, we have to keep the confidence.

01:13We can do it now.

01:14And, inshallah, we will try to perform well.

01:17Is it that the squad that will change the match against?

01:21Obviously, I can't tell you anymore.

01:23But it is that the best team that will play, they will try to play.

01:29I can't tell you anymore.

01:31I have to keep the confidence in India against.

01:33I can't tell you anymore.

01:34I can't tell you anymore.

01:35I can't tell you anymore.

01:36Sorry, my mouth is a little bit.

01:38I can't tell you.

01:39I can't tell you anymore.

01:40Fatima, with India, you have a rivalry with a match.

01:43In the history of India, you have a rivalry with a one-sided rivalry.

01:47And, as such, when the outside noise grows so much,

01:51the players, the captain, the coach, the team and the captain,

01:54the coach grows more than just to keep the focus on the team.

01:58How are you doing?

02:00How are your management doing?

02:01Can you tell me a little bit?

02:02First of all, if we look at ourselves,

02:06we have a family.

02:08We have 22 people together.

02:09We don't have so much focus on what is going on outside.

02:12Obviously, whatever things are going on,

02:14the surroundings are going on.

02:16But our focus is on the game.

02:18Because, obviously, the World Cup is such an event.

02:20Every player is waiting for us to come here.

02:22So, we will try to come here.

02:24If we come here, we will focus on what is going on outside.

02:32Good luck tomorrow.

02:33Apologies if you've already answered this question.

02:35My urdu is not great.

02:36Diana Baig, one of the positives that came out of the last game

02:41was her bowling here.

02:42And as a senior player, in a fixture,

02:45you know, like this is a tough opposition,

02:47how much do you kind of bank on her experience

02:50and what, you know, she brings to the group?

02:52Yeah, definitely everyone knows that she's a best player.

02:55And even she's a good bowler and plus good fielder as well.

02:59So, definitely, it boosts our team as well.

03:01And she always tries to be a motivated person in our team.

03:06And she always tries to give 200% for the team.

03:10So, we want that type of players in our team.

03:13And she's best for the team.

03:15And in terms of being here the whole time,

03:17what have you guys done to kind of feel at home?

03:19And who are the players who are kind of leading the banter

03:22and the laughs in the group

03:24to kind of keep everyone's spirits nice and high?

03:27Yeah, definitely when we are here.

03:29So, obviously, our main focus is to be

03:31play a good cricket here.

03:33And everyone is like motivated

03:35and fully like keen to play a good matches here.

03:39And hopefully, we will play a good cricket in this round.

03:43Fatima, I'm Rika Roy.

03:46Actually, when it was the World Cup last time,

03:48there were very beautiful pictures.

03:50You all saw it.

03:52And the Indian team also saw it.

03:54And took a picture of Visma Maruf's baby.

03:57What do you miss the camera?

04:00At this time, when the relationship is not that great.

04:09And what do you miss the camera?

04:12Obviously, the main goal is to play our main goal.

04:14And when we come here,

04:16the focus is the same thing that we focus on the game.

04:19And the goal is the same thing that

04:21our other team's relationship is good.

04:24So, obviously, whatever the split of the game comes,

04:27we will try to complete it.

04:29And obviously, what was in the past,

04:32with Visma Maruf's father,

04:33the mix-up and everyone enjoyed it.

04:36Obviously, as a player,

04:37you feel good about this kind of scenario.

04:39But the first thing is that

04:41you focus on what you are here.

04:44Fatima, obviously,

04:47Sidra Ameen has been in really good form.

04:49But the openness, Muniba Ali and Oema Sohail,

04:52how important is that both of them?

04:54Because India's bowling attack is strong in the new ball.

04:57So, how will the powerplay handle their strength?

05:01What is their messaging?

05:02Because in the past 3-4 matches,

05:04Muniba's range is not coming.

05:06Obviously, when you are coming in the past,

05:10you have a confidence that you will do,

05:12you have a belief.

05:13So, the way that Muniba has given a performance in the past,

05:15whether it is an island series or qualifiers,

05:17everyone has performed very well.

05:19So, to judge someone with one or two matches,

05:21it is a bit difficult.

05:23But the way that Muniba has given a performance in the past,

05:25the way that Muniba has given a performance in the past,

05:27we still believe that they will perform good.

05:29And you cannot judge anyone with one or two matches.

05:32So, we will try that they will perform good

05:34and motivate them as much as possible.

05:36Hi, Fatima. All the best for the game.

05:40When we talk about India and Pakistan,

05:42the bilaterals were not seeing those happen anymore.

05:44You participate in World Cup to World Cup

05:45or in Continental Events.

05:47So, just in terms of understanding

05:49of the strength and weakness,

05:50it is all based on stats.

05:52and you are watching the match.

05:53So, has your preparation been any different?

05:56What you are watching in the form of India,

05:58has anything changed in terms of how you are preparing

06:01in terms of your bowling,

06:02how you are tweaking your batting?

06:03Any different instructions?

06:05Absolutely.

06:06When we are planning,

06:07we are watching all the things that they have played in Australia.

06:11There are flat pitches.

06:12There are different pitches.

06:14So, all the scenarios change.

06:15But we are watching all the things that we are planning.

06:18And we will try that

06:20that they can do the best plans against.

06:22And the way they have performance in their past,

06:25obviously, they are good players.

06:26So, we will also try to do good plans for them.

06:29And just one more.

06:30You are a very young captain.

06:31You have a lot of senior players in your team.

06:33And you spoke about the fact that

06:34batting should improve a little bit.

06:36Middle order needs to stay.

06:37Partnerships should be.

06:38So, how do you rally around?

06:39How do you play as many players in your team?

06:43Right?

06:44How do you handle that as a captain?

06:45Actually, their support is very important for me.

06:48Because they always support me.

06:50And they know that I have margins and mistakes.

06:54If there is something wrong with me,

06:55then they help out.

06:56And the way the seniors,

06:58Siddhra Baji, Aaliyah Baji,

07:00they always try to do it.

07:01They always try to do it.

07:02We are going to be mixed up.

07:03If anyone is wrong,

07:04then we can cover it in the form of the team.

07:06And the way the team is in the unit and the unit is in all.

07:10So, obviously, as a captain,

07:12it is a challenge in the young age.

07:15But the way the team is supporting,

07:17it doesn't feel so much.

07:19I don't think.

07:20How do you make such a toss?

07:25The extra pace,

07:26how do you make such a toss?

07:28When you make fighting at first,

07:29how much do you make such a toss?

07:31Tell me that.

07:32I do not think that many things involve tosses.

07:34If you...

07:35I mean, if you make such a pitch,

07:36they then react at night.

07:38Because from them,

07:39if, from starting to the passers,

07:42they had better balling from the other side,

07:43too.

07:44So, the pickers are better than the playing ball.

07:45So we need to play our good cricket as well.

07:50As soon as we adopt, we will be good for our best players.

08:01Nisar Ahmed, Delhi Time.

08:04The first match results from the first match is very harsh.

08:09But against India, it is a special match for the match.

08:13How is the moral of the team?

08:16What will the fans give you?

08:21Obviously, when you come here, you have a long tournament.

08:26You can't judge your team from one match.

08:29We played the qualifiers, we played the last series.

08:32We played a very good game.

08:34We are doing a very good game.

08:36We can't think that if one match is wrong.

08:39Actually, personally, I think that

08:42we have such power in Pakistan,

08:44that we can beat any big team in any match.

08:47So, you can't judge yourself from one match.

08:50And the way the team has the momentum,

08:52everyone has the highest.

08:54Everyone has the highest.

08:56You don't judge a whole tournament in this match.

08:59And you will be helpful for the other.

09:02And you will perform well.

09:04Can you take us for the last question?

09:15All the best for you in the match.

09:17For India-Pakistan, everyone is very excited.

09:20And the fans are waiting for this match.

09:23There are a big pressure.

09:24You feel the pressure of this match,

09:26because the team is against India.

09:28and the fans are getting the performance.

09:29You too and their case.

09:30In the ICC Cricket World Cup.

09:33The press has the same.

09:36The crowd is getting the pressure.

09:37And they are getting the same.

09:39That India, Pakistan has such matches with the whole world.

09:42And fans are also getting the same.

09:43So it has the pressure.

09:44But the pressure is the same.

09:45To handle the pressure.

09:47That is a main task.

09:48And we will try to focus on that thing, that we will play our games and execute ourselves in a better way.

09:56And what we have done with our plans, we can do it.

09:59Just one more word, please.

10:03Sorry, I am cricket related only.

10:06Cricket only?

10:07Yeah.

10:09Hi, Captain.

10:10What you said, you will concentrate on playing cricket for good cricket.

10:16But, despite the previous record, that has not been in your favour.

10:22But the start of the game that you have done in Bangladesh,

10:26was not fruitful at all.

10:29If you look at the team that has dominated the Indian line-up from Shilanga,

10:36which we have dominated from Shilanga.

10:38So, how are you looking at that?

10:40Any special plans against Smriti Mandhana?

10:43Because your form is still there now.

10:46So, what are you going to say?

10:48First of all, any record that will happen in Pakistan and India,

10:53is obviously going to break.

10:55And it is not that we will never win Pakistan, or it will never happen.

10:59Obviously, our belief is that we will play good cricket.

11:01So, if there is any team in front of us, we will win.

11:04So, it is not that we will win past history, or records.

11:08We will play every day, that will only focus on the day.

11:11And, wherever there is plans.

11:13So, when you play great teams against against,

11:16you will do good plans and check the players better.

11:20So, we will try to execute the best plans for each player.

11:23You can see the best players for each player.

11:30And, if you will do good plans for each player.

11:38You can see the best players against the players.

11:42And you will do good plans for each player.

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