Kamran Akmal makes surprising claim about Umar Akmal, Virat Kohli’s T20 World Cup stats

Former Pakistan wicketkeeper batter Kamran Akmal made a surprising claim regarding his brother Umar Akmal and Virat Kohli’s T20 World Cup stats after Babar Azam’s side was knocked out of the T20 World Cup 2024.

Pakistan were knocked out of the T20 World Cup after the match between the United States and Ireland in Florida was called off due to rain and both teams were awarded one point each, which was enough for the home side to qualify for the Super 8 of the tournament.

Talking on a local media channel, Kamran argued that Umar has a better strike rate and average than Kohli in the T20 World Cup as per the stats he received.

“I received the stats yesterday, I am talking about Umar [Akmal], In World T20s, Umar has got better stats than Virat Kohli,” Kamran said. “He [Umar] is not even close to Virat Kohli when it comes to performances and aura but has got better strike rate, highest score than Kohli in the T20 World Cups.”

He then added if any player from Pakistan’s current T20 World Cup squad had the same stats as Umar then the PR agencies would have turned social media into a mess.

“And since we don’t have PR companies we don’t share our stats and performances on social media. Imagine if these stats would have been in the name of any of these 15 players, There must have been a storm by now. I won’t be surprised if they would have taunted Virat Kohli,” Kamran added.

Remember, Pakistan lost to the United States (USA) and India in their first two matches of the T20 World Cup which made their path to the Super 8 difficult as apart from winning their remaining matches against Canada and Ireland, they also needed the Irish to beat the USA.

But since the match between the USA and Ireland in Florida was called off due to rain, Pakistan were knocked out of the tournament.