``Don't you get excited with victory over us in Canada. Losing is not our habit and we are determined to get back on our old winning ways,'' Saeed Anwar said in his first interview after being named as Ramiz Raja's successor.

``We are not used to losing for a longer time. Defeats in three tournaments and that too in five months are enough for us,'' Anwar, 29, said.

``A tough season is ahead of us and we are looking forward to an impressive start to it. A series win over India would be a perfect tonic for us,'' Anwar, who slammed a record-breaking 194 against India in May, stated.

Anwar admitted that the Indians must be confident ``but matches in Pakistan will be a different ball game. Hopefully, the wickets will be good and there will be a lot of crowd support to us.''

Anwar said in Canada, Pakistan could have easily won four games. ``But when we had to concentrate and apply ourselves, we played casually and threw away the games.

``I don't want to belittle the efforts of the Indians, I think the result might have been different if we had kept a cool head instead of relaxing.''

Anwar said this was the lesson his team learnt from the Canadian defeat. ``Whosoever is batting, has to carry on unless the job is accomplished. We forget that and paid the price.

``It was more like a refresher course and now every player realises what he has to do,'' he emphasised.

Anwar said Azharuddin and Saurav Ganguly were in tremendous form ``but lady luck also favoured them. Our bowlers missed their bats quite often.''

The Indian bowling, Anwar continued, lacked penetration. ``They got us out only because their bowlers were medium-pacers which allowed the ball do all the tricks. On the contrary, our bowlers were fast and couldn't get as much swing as they would have loved to.''

Anwar was of the opinion that Waqar Younis's return to the side will further bolster the bowling. ``He is a world class bowler and experienced enough to bowl under any circumstance and surface.''

``Experience will be missed in the middle-order as Salim Malik is not there but what can one say. It was the decision of the selection committee.''

Anwar said he has been in-charge of a young team and was optimistic that it would deliver the goods. ``They are young and talented. They are the best we have at the moment. All they need is proper guidance and support.

``Any young team needs time to settle and the biggest example is of the Australian team which was rebuilt under the captaincy of Allan Border,'' Anwar remarked.

On the sacking of Ramiz Raja, Saeed Anwar said: ``It is sad. He (Ramiz Raja) was an unlucky captain. Under him, the team didn't win crucial and crunch matches.

``He tried everything but couldn't convert the tides in his favour despite dominating the game.''

On his personal form, Saeed Anwar said it was the first time he has failed in an entire series by his standard. ``I know I am due for some run and hopefully the bad patch will end against India.''

Saeed Anwar has previously led Pakistan in five one-day internationals, winning three and losing two. He first led the team in the 1994 Asia Cup and ended up on the losing side against Sri Lanka. He then led in three matches in Kenya where he won against Kenya and Sri Lanka before losing to South Africa in final. In the Sharjah Cup last year, he led against New Zealand and won by four wickets.

Captaincy also appears to suit him as he scored 4, 27, 115, 32 and 54 in the five matches he played in that role.