Even though the whole cricketing fraternity has gone bonkers over ‘ComeRun’ Akmal’s pathetic performance behind the wicket against New Zealand, the Pakistan Coach Waqar Younis and Skipper Shahid Afridi said there was no question of dropping him from the side.
In the post-match press conference, Waqar said, “In the long run, Kamran might just be doing a great favor to our bowlers. His “Keeping skills” are forcing our bowlers to keep a stump-to-stump line as the only possibilities of getting batsmen out are either bowled or LBW. Our two most successful bowlers in the recent past, Umar Gul and Shahid Afridi, have got most of their wickets by keeping the balls straight and at the stumps. They owe their success to Kamran.”
The Pakistan skipper Afridi said, “When I take a wicket, I raise both my arms and look at the sky in triumph. When kamran drops sitters, I do the same thing, “in Despair”. So Kamran is not really affecting the way I react in the field.
Also, Kamran and his brother, Umar, come as a family package. So if we drop one, we lose two players.”
Kamran Akmal, who was also present at the press-conference, just “smiled” through the entire affair.
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