The news comes in as a huge boost for Pakistan who will be eyeing T20 World Cup title, having last clinched the trophy 16 years ago in England.
The 2009 winners had a disappointing outing in the previous edition and were knocked out of the tournament in the group stage. In the 2022 edition of the tournament, Pakistan had finished runner-ups.
Afridi feels Pakistan have been focusing on improving their performance levels across all parameters as they look to put their best foot forward in the T20 World Cup next month.
“There’s always ups and downs in any sport,” Afridi said.
“But the aim is to learn from everywhere so that when you play for your country, you’ve improved. Our focus was that we see how we can improve when it comes to playing for our country, what errors can we rectify, what good things we can continue with.
“It’s not necessary that you go there and take five wickets every game or score a 50 or 100 in every game. Everyone is trying to improve,” he added.