Pak confident of winning title: Alam

Pakistan skipper Younis Khan and coach Intikhab Alam are confident that their team can go all the way and win the Twenty20 World Cup despite coming up against a strong South African side in the first semi-finals at Trent Bridge, England tomorrow.
"The players are in a confident mood and we are ready to take on anyone in the semi final. It does not matter if we are playing South Africa. They are not unbeatable," Alam said from London.
The former Test captain said he had asked the players to just give their best.
"If you play to your strengths and do the basics right any opponent can be beaten," he said.
akistan has played just once at Trent Bridge, Nottingham and they lost a warm up match by a big margin to South Africa.
But Alam said that defeat came because the Pakistani players had just reached England and were still acclimatising to the conditions.
"Now things are different and the players are working hard," he added.
Overall Pakistan don't have a very impressive record against South Africa in all forms of the game but skipper Younis said that he was confident his boys would deliver.
"The momentum is there now and every player is enjoying playing hard on the field. Our batting still has to fire a bit more because in both matches against New Zealand and Ireland we fell short by 20 to 25 runs. That is something we have to work on before the semi final," Younis said.
Younis said that he was happy with the form of his bowlers who were firing in unison.
"Our bowling has been great and all of them are now bowling in rhythm. The batsmen have to support the bowlers if we are to win this Cup," he said.
Younis said Pakistan was just two matches away from bringing a lot of joy to their countrymen who are facing hard times and in making the international cricket world realize that Pakistan was still an important force in world cricket.
The Pakistan captain said his players were unaffected by the ball-tampering insinuations made by New Zealand skipper, Daniel Vettori after the match at the Oval.
"Everytime we are getting into a nice momentum in England these controversies are created to disturb our players. I have seen it happen before. But the players are pumped up to show they play the game fairly and sportingly," he said.
Meanwhile, Pakistan cricket Board Chairman, Ijaz Butt has also reached London but interestingly has avoided meeting with the players although he had a dinner with the team coach and manager.
"The Chairman does not want to disturb the players from their work," one board official said.