http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Kamran-Akmal-c70122 urges Umar to focus on batting – Cricket News
Pakistan’s discarded wicketkeeper/batsman, Kamran Akmal wants his younger brother, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Umar-Akmal-c94595, to focus more on his batting and is not happy to see the talented middle-order batsman being given the additional responsibility of
keeping wickets.
After a poor performance in the http://www.senore.com/Cricket/England-c56013, along with a couple of other senior players, Kamran was also dropped from the national side. Umar, who was not selected for the mega event, has been given an
opportunity to showcase his skills during the on-going tour of http://www.senore.com/Cricket/West-Indies-c760, where he is asked to keep wickets as well.
Since making his international debut in 2009, Umar has been an important member of Pakistan’s limited-overs squads, although there is a question mark over his shot-selection.
While expressing his views about the team management’s decision to play Umar as a wicketkeeper, Kamran said that that his younger brother is a specialist batsman and additional responsibilities may hamper his performance with the
bat. He feels that the decision makers should be held accountable if Umar fails to deliver the goods.
"Umar is by nature a specialist attacking batsman. Whoever has decided and given him the responsibility of keeping as well should be held responsible for whatever happens," Kamran said, "I would like to see Umar focus on his batting
as he is very talented and I am not sure about giving him additional responsibility of keeping. But let us see what happens now."
Kamran is presently representing the National Bank of Pakistan in a domestic T20 tournament in Karachi and expressed that he wants his represent Pakistan as an opening batsman in future.
"I never give up hope as it has happened in the past as well. But this time I want to comeback as an opener as I feel I can give a lot to Pakistan cricket batting up the order," he added.
The five-match One Day International (ODI) series between http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Pakistan-c755 and West Indies is presently level at 1-1, with the third match scheduled to be played today at St. Lucia. The ODI series will be followed by a couple of T20 Internationals.
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