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'I'm a very risky player and I'm not changing my style. The people should change their thinking,' he said in an interview with cricdb.com.
He said after religion, cricket was everything in Pakistan and because the Pakistani people were very crazy about cricket they would love to see teams coming back to play there, 'and that's what we want as well.'
He said the situation in Pakistan was similar to the conditions prevailing in Sri Lanka, India and England but teams were still touring those countries.
Afridi said there was too much cricket being played these days and it was not like a sport anymore. 'It's like a business. If you look at a cricketer's life, if he's not playing international cricket, he's playing county cricket or domestic cricket. So may be a cricketer should be more choosy or selective about which cricket he's going to play,' he said.
He said nowadays a cricketer's career is very short as compared to past cricketers. 'If you play international cricket for your country, you play for 10 to 12 years,' he added.
To a query he said that he was happy to play under Younis Khan's captaincy. 'The point is not captaincy. The point is playing for the team with a good spirit and performing well,' he added.
To another question regarding his temperamental character he said, 'It's in the blood. A bad temper is a natural thing in 'Pakhtuns' but with time everything settles down. A lot of bad things happen in your life because of your bad temper and I think you learn from these things. Some people learn quickly, some people take their time. I want to take my time.'
Afridi, who has also been named Twenty20 Captain for Pakistan team said late Bob Woolmer was his favorite coach.
'Whenever I didn't perform, he would come and sit with me, and say, 'Afridi, you're the best, you're the match-winner. Never mind if you didn't perform. I know you will definitely perform well in the next match, because you're a match-winner.' And these words were enough for me,' he said recalling memories with Woolmer.
He said Umar Akmal and Fawad Alam were very talented players and he liked them a lot.
