Pakistan can surprise many in next month's World T20: Nahida Khan

KARACHI: Nahida Khan, the opening batter of Pakistan women's cricket said her team could surprise many in next month's World T20, scheduled to be played in Australia.

The 33-year-old batswoman from Quetta said no team could be termed as a favourite or the underdog in the T20 format as any could surprise their opponents in the shorter format of the game.

"There's nothing like the big or small team in T20s; any team can do anything, it is just how you perform on the given day," Khan told media in Karachi after opening game of PCB women's triangular tournament.

"If you're at your best on the day then you can beat anyone."

Nahida believes that Pakistan has the capability of beating England, South Africa, West Indies, and Thailand, along which it is placed in Group B for the tournament.

"We have beaten them in the past and there is no reason why can't we beat them again," she said confidently.

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In response to a question, the veteran of 59 ODIs and 53 T20Is said she would try to get maximum advantage of power-play overs and score as much as possible.

"I am an opener and I aim to score maximum especially in the powerplay overs to help my team score big totals," Nahida added.