Pakistan playing for Afridi

Pakistan batsman Shoaib Malik Thursday vowed his team will do all it takes to pull off a win against Australia and give skipper Shahid Afridi a winning send-off at the World Twenty20.

"This is going to be Afridi's last World Cup. I respect him a lot, he is like an elder brother to me," Malik said at the pre-match press conference.

"Nobody will be happier than me if we can win this World Cup for Afridi.

"Every player is trying to give 100 percent. Winning or losing is not in our hands, but each one of us is taking responsibility and trying to give our best," he said.

Veteran Afridi has played 97 T20 internationals and scored 1,391 runs while taking 97 wickets.

Malik, 34, said the team was looking at plugging the loopholes and come out firing against Australia.