World T20 2016: Shahid Afridi wants team to focus on cricket amid security concerns

New Delhi: Pakistan T20I skipper Shahid Afridi has asked his boys to focus on playing cricket, amid all that is being written and said about team's security in the ICC World Twenty20.

Afridi, who was under severe criticism post team's pathetic show in the recently concluded Asia Cup 2016, took to Twitter to share his thoughts.

We want to leave behind the uncertainty & concerns in India we ONLY want to focus on cricket and winning.Keep supporting green team. — Shahid Afridi (@SAfridiOfficial) March 11, 2016

Afridi agreed that the team had not met the expectations lately, but added that Pakistan batsmen need to put enough runs on board to make life easy for the bowlers.

We haven't done well in recent matches.But for WorldT20 we r ready, batsmen must take responsibility& score enough for bowlers to defend1/2

— Shahid Afridi (@SAfridiOfficial) March 11, 2016

Pakistan's first warm-up match against Bengal tomorrow has been cancelled due to the delay in travel clearance.

They will take on Sri Lanka on Sunday in their final warm-up game.

The uncertainty over Pakistan's participation in the tournament finally ended today after Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) got government clearance to travel to India following assurances of security from the host nation.

"The team will fly out tonight for Dubai and onwards to Kolkata," confirmed PCB chairman Najam Sethi.