Shoaib Malik said his side would be able to handle the blow of losing pace bowler Mohammad Asif in the tri-series against India and Bangladesh which starts on Sunday.He was replaced by paceman Sohail Khan in the 16-member squad that arrived in Dhaka on Friday.
"We are here to play cricket and our concentration is only on cricket," Malik told reporters, shunning questions over Asif's detention.
"We still have a good bowling attack with Sohail Tanvir, Umar Gul, Sohail Khan and Rao Iftikhar and they all are working hard.
After a win against India last year they defeated Zimbabwe and Bangladesh 5-0 in successive series to take their tally of consecutive one-day wins to 11, which is a record for the country.
"Our goal is to maintain consistency. We have won 11 games in a row and now we want to continue it and add three more wins here," said Malik.
Pakistan will open the series against Bangladesh in Mirpur on Sunday. Each country plays the other once with the final scheduled for June 14.
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