You dont have to be a genius to figure out how Kamran AKmal has survived in the team and there is no way you can say that Kamran Akmal has stayed in the side on the basis of his performance especially in the last 2-3 years. There is something which he was doing which was keeping him the side and believe me it was not his glovework.
so, the fact that he played a couple of all-time great innings in test matches - one to save a match in India... and then to win the match in Karachi doesn't have anything to do with him being in the team?
there was a time when Chappell called Akmal the best wicket-keeper batsman in the world during Inzi's captaincy.
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Everyone knows he is a close buddy of Malik and Malik opposed any idea of dropping him during his tenure.
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there we go being typical Pakistani fans... honestly, sometimes I struggle to figure out what Pak cricket did to get fans like this... please check facts once in a while too. they can be useful in forming informed opinions...
for completion's sake, Akmal's decline as a keeper started in England. he was doing brilliantly with both bat and gloves before that and was called the best in the world by a couple of respected experts. then, he had a shocker in Inzi's time. Inzi refused to drop him and fought for Akmal throughout his captaincy.
Akmal also did very poorly at times under Younis. Younis refused to drop Akmal. I saw Younis' interview where he said that a lot of time had been invested in Akmal and hence, he could not be dropped because of a few problems.
and we've all seen what he did under Yousuf. *and guess what Yousuf also refused to drop Akmal. * it took a lot for Akmal to be finally dropped. but it was obvious Yousuf didn't want to drop him.
so, please read the above carefully. and read it again if you have to. but it should be painfully obvious to anyone remotely literate that all four Pak captains that Akmal has played under have refused to drop Akmal - not just Malik.
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During Younis tenure, Younis openly talked about player power and politics which eventually lead to own departure from the team. He tried hard to drop some senior players but nothing happened. Want to make a guess who we are talking about?
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like I mentioned Younis is on record saying that Akmal wasn't going to be dropped when he was captain. he was on TV saying that.
so, in conclusion, it is factually incorrect to say that Malik was the only one who fought to keep Akmal in the team because he is supposedly Akmal's buddy. every Pak captain has fought to keep Akmal in the team.
secondly, my original argument was that if Akmal was such a cancer, why would ever Pak captain fight so hard to keep a player in the team who has been under immense pressure from the fans and the board and especially if he is secretly sabotaging the captain and the team?
like I said, sometimes I struggle to figure out whether it is Pak fans that are being punished by being blessed with a cricket team and board like this... or whether it's Pak cricket that has been punished by being blessed with fans like us.
