Pakistan opener Sahibzada Farhan said on Tuesday that his team will take a positive and attacking approach against India, hours after calling off its boycott of the high-profile contest scheduled here on February 15.

Pakistan reversed its decision late Monday night, setting the stage for a marquee clash between the two rivals.

“We'll go in with the same mindset as we did in our previous matches against India, including the Asia Cup. We'll try to stay positive and play attacking cricket,” Farhan said at the post-match presentation.

Farhan was named player-of-the-match for his aggressive 73, which laid the foundation for Pakistan’s 32-run victory over the United States.

“The way we practiced yesterday, the ball was coming onto my bat really well in the nets. I had already told our batting coach (Hanif Malik) yesterday that I was getting a good feeling for today's match,” he said.

“I was confident. I even said, I will finish the match in a way that earns me the player-of-the-match award. I've set a personal target for myself, to win at least two to three player-of-the-match awards in this World Cup,” Farhan added.

Pakistan captain Salman Agha said the team is comfortable both chasing and setting targets.

“We are comfortable chasing, but we try to bat first and put up above par, then try to defend. We have a flexible order, first three ready to go and then finishers can go early, or if we lose wickets we have batters who can take the game deeper,” Salman said.

After scraping past the Netherlands in their opener, Pakistan produced a far more assured batting display against the USA.

"Clinical performance, we started well with the bat and batted really well in the middle. When we come to bowling we have a world-class attack, and scoring 190, we know we could defend that." However, Agha admitted that there was still room for improvement.

"Always room for improvement, we'd like to bowl better in the powerplay, be more clinical. These are the things we want to improve." A disappointed USA captain Monak Patel rued leaking runs in the middles overs.

"Thought we bowled well in the powerplay but not the middle overs, we gave up a lot of runs. Came back at the death, the pace bowlers bowled well," he said.

Having lost both their matches so far — significantly denting their hopes of reaching the Super Eights — Patel said his side will aim to finish strongly.

"We've been playing good cricket, coming here we were confident but small mistakes cost you. We want to finish this WC strong with two wins."