I want to play our quarterfinal in Sri Lanka or Bangladesh because we are completely used to the conditions and in neutral games we would even get the crowd support. But in India it is going to be a different story.
Afridi, who celebrated his 31st birthday here on Tuesday, said that in Sri Lanka and Bangladesh, Pakistan can extract home advantage. provided they are not playing against the host teams.
Pakistan are expected to face a hostile reception from the crowds if they will have to travel to India for any of their World Cup matches especially in the aftermath of the Mumbai terrorist attacks.
The Pakistan cricket team has not travelled to India since the incident. Some extremist Indian groups are threatening to block their entry in India if they went to the country to play any of their World Cup matches.
The political tensions between Pakistan and India was the biggest reason why the International Cricket Council made it sure that Pakistan dont have to travel to India in the initial part of the World Cup by deciding to keep all of Pakistan Pool A matches in Sri Lanka.
Pakistan have realistic chances of doing that after recording back-to-back wins over Kenya and Sri Lanka.
Afridi said that his boys are working really hard to give their best in the tournament. The players are training with a lot of intensity, he said. Its very important for us that we do well in the World Cup and win it for our country.