NEW DELHI: Pakistan skipper Younis Khan said that Australia would be whitewashed in the upcoming five match ODI series.

The captain talked to reporters after concluding the first day of the training camp at Gaddafi Stadium on Friday.

Responding to a reporter's comment that the experts predict that Pakistan would face a whitewash at the hands of world champions Australia, a smiling Younis said it would no doubt be 5-0, but in favour of Pakistan.

Pakistan and Australia are to play five One-day Internationals and one Twenty20 in Dubai and Abu Dhabi from April 22 to May 7.

Pak players have lacked int'l cricket

Younis admitted that though it was a fact that Pakistan players have lacked international cricket exposure, but his boys had the potential to overcome the drawback.

"Our last series against Bangladesh has been postponed and furthermore the home Test series against Sri Lanka was also incomplete due to a tragedy, therefore, we lack in international cricket," Younis said.

"But remember how Pakistan defeated England in 2005, who came here after beating Australia in the Ashes series," Younis was quoted as saying by The Dawn.

Asked about maverick Shoaib Akhtar's poor performance in the training camp, Younis said he though Shoaib might not have been in good form in the nets, the media should watch Shoaib in the match as that was the real platform to examine the performance of a player.

"Shoaib knows what the team expects"

Asked if he had given any advice to Shoaib, Younis said: "Who am I to give him advice, as he (Shoaib) is not a child and very well know what the team expect from him."

"Like other players, Shoaib is also duty bound to play for the country and the team and not for himself. I feel no difference between Shoaib Akhtar and upcoming Ahmad Shahzad as far as performance of a player is concerned. Everyone has to play for the country and perform and only those who will not come up to the expectation will be my target," he said.

Younus said it was bad luck that three key players of Australia (Ricky Ponting, M Hussey and Mitchell Johnson) were not touring.

‘We will be glad by giving good performance against the Australian best side, but in the absence of three players Australian team may have shaken', he said.

Younis said Pakistan had a best opening pair in Salman Butt and Nasir Jamshed adding that third opener Ahmad Shahzad was the fittest player of the Pakistan team.

Younis keen on media and fans support

He asked the media and public to support Pakistan team as a victory against Australia would help a lot to revive Pakistan cricket, which had been badly affected due to terrorism.

"We are going with our best side to play against Australia, and people and media should support their team even our success rate will be 40 per cent," he said.

"It was the public and media support which helped us a lot in giving tit-for-tat reply to Sri Lankan's big total in the two Test match series," he said.

"Some (of our) finest players like Mohammad Yousuf are also not available for the team due to their affiliation with the ICL, as with them Pakistan can field a more strong side," he said.