Kamran Akmal makes a big revelation about Waqar Younis
Waqar Younis-Kamran Akmal (Image Source: Twitter)
There have been some famous father-son and brother duos who have graced the game of cricket over the years. Brother duos like Steve Waugh-Mark Waugh, Irfan Pathan- Yusuf Pathan, and a few more have been famous in the history of the game. But their members of the same family playing international cricket have been a rarity. One such feat was achieved by the Akmal family of Pakistan.
The three brothers of the Akmal family- Kamran Akmal, Umran Akmal and Adnan Akmal have played cricket for Pakistan. Notably, all three have been seen keeping the wickets for the team. Even the brand of batting for the three brothers was also nearly the same as all of them enjoplayingplay aggressive brands of cricket.
The eldest of the three brothers Kamran Akmal has recently spoken up about all of them being wickets keepers. In a show called Hasna Mana Hai on GeoNews, Kamran has stated that he and Adnan were natural keepers. But the then Pakistani coach forced Umar Akmal to keep wickets for the team.
“I and Adnan Akmal are specialist wicket-keepers. Umar Akmal was forced to become a wicket-keeper by Waqar Younis,”- said Kamran.
Kamran Akmal "I and Adnan Akmal are specialist wicketkeepers. Umar Akmal was forced to become a wicketkeeper by Waqar Younis" (Hasna Mana Hai GeoNews)
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Notably, Umran Akmal was considered one batter with a lot of potential during his early days in international cricket. But as it turned out a couple of off-seasons meant he got slowly lost away from the main frame of international cricket.
Speaking of their careers, the three players had represented Pakistan in all formats of the game. While Kamran and Umran were more dominant performers in the limited-overs, Adnan played more Test cricket than ODI. Kamran Akmal played 53 Tests and 157 ODIs for Pakistan. On the other hand, Umran played 16 Tests and 121 ODIs and Adnan played 21 Tests and 5 ODI for Pakistan. Kamran Akmal had served Pakistan cricket the longest while, Adnan Akmal’s career has been the shortest for the Men in Green.
