Lahore, December 16: Predicting that the world champions are less of a threat than in the past, former skipper Rameez Raja feels that Pakistan can beat Australia in the upcoming Test and ODI series starting from December 26 in Melbourne.
”In the past our players went to Australia knowing they were playing against the best team in the world but now this mental block is not there and they have the potential to beat the Australians if they play consistent and positive cricket,” Rameez said.
”The conditions in New Zealand and Australia are almost similar and our players are now already used to it, which will be a big plus point,” he said.
Asked about the the captaincy of Mohammad Yousuf, Rameez said it was ”too early to judge him”.
”The only thing I hope is that he will move away from this draw mentality. It is a fact that when you have a temporary captain his main priority is to ensure he does not lose matches,” he said.
”But I think we need to have a winning mentality and we should also soon have a youngster leading the team if Younus Khan is not available,” he added.
–Agencies