Former Pakistan wicketkeeper batter Kamran Akmal has revealed in a latest interview that he advised the present Pakistan captain Babar Azam into taking the management function again in 2019.
Speaking to Hafiz Muhammad Imran in a YouTube session after Pakistan’s defeat to Sri Lanka within the Asia Cup remaining, Akmal mentioned, “When I received to know that he was being appointed because the captain, I mentioned to him, ‘I don’t suppose you must become the skipper now. You ought to carry out for the following two-three years in a giant method….presently the batting lineup relies on you’.”
Akmal additional added that he instructed a younger Babar Azam to making a reputation for himself the identical method as Virat Kohli and Steve Smith.
“I mentioned to him, ‘If you rating 35-40 a whole bunch on this time, then you definately’ll have the ability to get pleasure from in addition to handle the crew as a captain. As quickly as Sarfaraz leaves, the accountability will certainly come on you. But now’s not the correct time.’ I had mentioned this to him again then however it was his personal resolution.”
Akmal, who performed his final match for Pakistan again in 2017, admitted that eradicating Babar from captaincy post the Asia Cup can be a giant blunder now for Pakistan cricket but additionally talked about that enhancements had been wanted.
“Now he has matured as a captain,” he mentioned. “It can be a blunder in the event that they substitute him now. But it must be higher than the way in which he’s captained within the Asia Cup remaining. Before that his captaincy was very good. He utilised his bowlers very properly. He utilised Nawaz very properly. But when your kind isn’t good, you possibly can alter your self within the lineup for the crew.”
“Rizwan (Mohammed) might be despatched at three or he (Babar) can try this himself, Fakhar (Zaman) might be made to open.”