Akmal had also taken a dig on Akhtar on another show over his criticism of Babar Azam.
Both former Pakistan teammates were featured on Pakistan’s ARY News where Akhtar praised Kamran Akmal who recently was appointed as the chief of the eight-member junior selection committee by the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB).
Akmal will head the committee featuring the likes of Sohail Tanvir, Amir Nazir, Taimoor Khan, Junaid Khan, Faisal Athar, Qaisar Abbas, and Sanaullah Baloch.
During the interaction with Akmal, Akhtar first said: “Kami is our match winner…he must be listening to this…he has played really well for Pakistan.”
But then, he proceeded to mock Akmal for his accent and said: “mai sun raha tha, ye bhi keh raha tha sakreen…sakreen ni hota hai screen hota hai (I heard him speak, he was saying ‘sakreen’…it’s screen and not sakreen)”
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While in another show, Kamran also took a dig at Shoaib and said, “Jitne Babar ad kar rha hai, utne Shoaib Bhai bhi nhi kar rhe honge.” (The number of advertisement Babar is doing these days, I am sure Shoaib (Akhtar) must not be doing as many.)
This came after Akhtar had said that Babar Azam is not as big of a brand as he should be because he cannot speak fluent English and lacks communication skills.
“He is our captain. The world knows him and he’s world’s number 1 player. He’s becoming better in speaking, media handling and everything he’s getting is due to the cricket he is playing. He’s doing fine there,” Akmal added.
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