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<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\nAs the afternoon flight to Chennai from Colombo was about to take off, there were a lot of Pakistan fans waiting in the queue. Two flights \u2014 one to Lahore and the other to Karachi \u2014 were scheduled around the same time and you could over-hear their conversations. It was mostly about Pakistan\u2019s chances and how good India are. When TOI asked a few of them what they felt about a rematch with India later in the tournament, a couple of them said, \u201cInshallah, ho jayega\u2026 we will come again if that happens.\u201dGo Beyond The Boundary with our YouTube channel. <\/span>SUBSCRIBE NOW!<\/a>That\u2019s the cautious optimism of the fans. But for that to happen again, Pakistan have to do a lot of things right, starting with winning their game against Namibia on Wednesday in Colombo. If they win, or even if there is a washout, they go through to the Super 8s and take on a formidable lineup of New Zealand, Sri Lanka and England. But if they lose, they are out and the USA, who already have a better net run-rate than Pakistan, will go through along with India. <\/p>\n Inside Pakistan\u2019s camp What is the Naqvi problem<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n Despite the sense of gloom that engulfed the Pakistan contingent on Sunday after the loss to India, there was a silver lining. It was the performance of the two spinners, Usman Tariq and Saim Ayub, who bowl a little bit of everything. Left-arm spinner Mohammed Nawaz was also pretty decent, even though Shadab Khan and Abrar Ahmed were below par.There\u2019s nothing in the Namibia side that should bother Pakistan. But then, given Pakistan\u2019s ability to self-destruct, you can\u2019t take anything for granted.Tariq, who was Pakistan\u2019s best bowler against India, tried to be as positive as possible. \u201cIt\u2019s difficult when you don\u2019t work on your mistakes. We just had a conversation about the areas where we had lapses. We\u2019ll work on those and look for-ward to the next matches so that we don\u2019t repeat the same mistakes,\u201d Tariq said on the eve of their game at the SSC.It\u2019s a 3 pm match, the pitch is a slow-turner and the best thing for Pakistan would be to bat first if they win the toss. In a pres-sure game, it will be important for them to have the runs on the board and pressurise the opposition with the spinners.Even though the Pakistan batting is no great shakes, they should manage things against Namibia with some amount of application. The real worry though for the 2009 champions is the form of their best pacer, Shaheen Afridi. He was immensely disappointing against India and the Namibia game can be the right platform for Pakistan to try either Naseem Shah or Salman Mirza, if not both.Tariq, though, defended Afridi, saying that the pacer isn\u2019t under \u201cany special pressure\u201d. \u201cWe were just trying to execute our plans. Performances depend on the day. If the bowling unit missed their lines, we\u2019ll focus on those things and work to improve in the next match,\u201d Tariq said. It\u2019s absolutely mandatory that Tariq\u2019s colleagues do that on Wednesday and keep themselves alive in this World Cup.<\/div>\n\n